Styles Directory
- By Decade (507)
- Regional and Ethnic@ (1,370)
- African@ (76)
- Alternative Rock@ (325)
- Big Band@ (129)
- Blues@ (822)
- Broadway@ (1,060)
- Cajun and Zydeco@ (54)
- Celtic@ (289)
- Choral@ (910)
- Christian@ (2,262)
- Classical@ (1,927)
- Comedy@ (86)
- Country@ (1,436)
- Dance@ (557)
- Disco@ (62)
- Early Music@ (271)
- Easy Listening@ (19)
- Electronic@ (21)
- Electronica@ (140)
- Experimental@ (285)
- Folk@ (579)
- Gamelan@ (27)
- Gospel@ (12)
- Heavy Metal@ (1,204)
- Hip Hop@ (391)
- House@ (75)
- Humor and Parody@ (24)
- Jazz@ (1,236)
- Klezmer@ (37)
- Latin@ (222)
- Lounge@ (19)
- Marching@ (782)
- Middle Eastern@ (82)
- Military Bands and Music@ (26)
- Native American@ (47)
- Opera@ (283)
- Polka@ (58)
- Pop@ (93)
- Progressive Rock@ (384)
- Punk@ (847)
- Reggae@ (153)
- Religious@ (2)
- Rhythm and Blues@ (115)
- Rock@ (3,631)
- Ska@ (71)
- Swing@ (159)
- Techno@ (83)
- Traditional Pop@ (12)
- Vocal@ (42)
- Worldbeat@ (28)
- Zydeco@ (19)
DataDragon: Music Genre Sampler
datadragon.com
Children's site with simple definitions of a few genres including rock, Celtic, and classical with artist and site links.A Taxonomy of Musical Genres
csl.sony.fr
Two French experts re-define genres to improve musical databases for electronic distribution, paper submitted to a conference in Paris in 2000. [PDF]All Music Guide
allmusic.com
Portal built around articles by music journalists describing music genres, with links and reviews.Music Classification by Genre: System Performance
cnx.org
Research project completed in 2003 by Mitali Banerjee at Rice University used automatic process to determine musical genre of audio samples.Music Web Hunter: Styles & Genres
kendavies.net
Ken Davies has grouped resources in five categories: classical, folk/ethnic/world, jazz, musicals/operas/theater, and pop/rock/country.The Mudcat Cafe
mudcat.org
Community collection of information on folk and blues music. Searchable database of song lyrics, research, conversations, and kids stuff.Ectophiles Guide by Genre
ectoguide.org
Self-described "Guide to Good Music" from a group founded in 1991 to support the music of singer Happy Rhodes. Links to artists, almost entirely female vocalists, sorted by genre such as pop, blues, experimental, performance art, beautiful and fierce, and traditional.America.gov: American Popular Music
america.gov
Online publication contains stories that illustrate how Americans, borrowing from diverse musical traditions, have contributed to humanity’s universal language.Indiana University School of Music: Genres
library.music.indiana.edu
Categorized links organized by researchers at the William and Gayle Cook Music Library. Categories include 20th-Century music, ancient music, band music, tango, flamenco, ragtime, and choral music.- Wikipedia: Musical Genre - Brief explanation of the way styles can be defined by region, chronology, technical requirements, marketing trends, or the ideas of critics. Extensively linked to sub-genres and examples of significant artists.
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