List of cultural and regional genres of music

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Many musical genres are particular to some geographical region or to an ethnic, religious or linguistic group.

Cultural genres[]

By ethnicity or origin[]

  • Ainu
  • Indigenous Australian
  • Maori
  • Palestinian
  • Russian
  • Ukrainian

Immigrant communities[]

  • African American
  • Anglo-American
  • White Australian
  • Cajun and Louisiana Creole
  • Caribbean-British
  • Immigrants to Australia
  • Immigrants to the United States
  • Indian-British
  • Indo-Caribbean
  • Irish- and Scottish-Canadian
  • Irish- and Scottish-American
  • Latino-American
  • Tex-Mex and Tejano

International ethnic groups[]

  • Afro-American (also Afro-Latin and Afro-Caribbean)
  • Andean
  • Arabic
  • Assyrian
  • Basque
  • Bedouin
  • Berber
  • Celtic
  • Garifuna
  • Korean
  • Kurd
  • Jewish
  • Lao
  • Maroon
  • Native American and First Nations
  • Nordic
  • Romani
  • Sami

Native Sub-Saharan African ethnic groups[]

Native American ethnic groups[]

Indigenous Caribbean, Mexican, South and Central American people[]

By religion[]

  • Buddhism
  • Christianity
    • Anglicanism and Episcopalianism
    • Amish
    • Latter-Day Saints
    • Orthodox
      • Greek Orthodox
    • Salvation Army
    • Shakers
  • Hare Krishna
  • Hinduism
  • Judaism
  • Islam
  • Native American religion
  • Neopaganism
  • Rastafari movement
  • Shintoism
  • Sikhism
  • Taoism
  • Zoroastrianism

By language[]

Geographic genres[]

By country[]

By continent or other international region[]

  • Africa
  • Asia
  • Caribbean
  • Central America
  • Central Asia
  • East Asia
  • Lesser Antilles
  • Low Countries
  • Melanesia
  • Micronesia
  • Middle East
  • North Africa
  • Northern Europe
  • Oceania
  • Polynesia
  • South Asia
  • Southeast Asia
  • Southeastern Europe
  • West Africa

By province, region or other sub-national entity[]

Algeria[]

  • Kabylie

Australia[]

  • Adelaide
  • Brisbane
  • Canberra
  • Perth
  • Sydney

Austria[]

Bulgaria[]

  • Thrace

Canada[]

Cities:

  • Montreal
  • Vancouver

Regions:

Provinces and Territories:

Chile[]

China[]

Denmark[]

Overseas:

Finland[]

  • Karelia

France[]

Cities

  • Aquitaine
  • Monaco
  • Paris

Regions

Overseas:

Germany[]

Cities

  • Berlin

Greece[]

Hungary[]

India[]

  • Andaman and Nicobar Islands
  • Andhra Pradesh
  • Arunachal Pradesh
  • Assam
  • Bengal
  • Bihar
  • Chhattisgarh
  • Goa
  • Gujarat
  • Haryana
  • Himachal Pradesh
  • Jammu
  • Jharkhand
  • Karnataka
  • Kashmir
  • Kerala
  • Madhya Pradesh
  • Maharashtra
  • Manipur
  • Meghalaya
  • Mizoram
  • Nagaland
  • Orissa
  • Punjab
  • Rajasthan
  • Sikkim
  • Tamil Nadu
  • Tripura
  • Uttar Pradesh
  • Uttaranchal

Indonesia[]

Israel[]

  • Mizrahi Music

Italy[]

Regions:

Cities:

Japan[]

  • Okinawa

Mexico[]

Netherlands[]

Overseas:

  • Aruba and the Netherlands Antilles

New Zealand[]

Overseas:

Portugal[]

Romania[]

Russia[]

Cities:

  • Kaliningrad
  • Rostov-on-Don

Regions:

  • Adygea
  • Altai
  • Astrakhan
  • Bashkortostan
  • Buryatia
  • Evenkia
  • Ingushetia
  • Irkutsk
  • Kaliningrad
  • Kalmykia
  • Karelia
  • Khakassia
  • Mordovia
  • Nenetsia
  • Ossetia
  • Sakha
  • Tatarstan
  • Tuva
  • Udmurtia

Serbia[]

  • Vojvodina

Spain[]

  • Andalusia
  • Aragon
  • Balearic Islands
  • Basque Country
  • Canary Islands
  • Castile, Madrid and Leon
  • Catalonia
  • Extremadura
  • Galicia, Cantabria and Asturias
  • Madrid
  • Murcia
  • Navarre and La Rioja
  • Valencia

Taiwan[]

  • Taiwan

Tajikistan[]

Turkey[]

  • Thrace

United Kingdom[]

Individual countries

  • England
    • Cornwall
    • Northumbria
    • Somerset
  • Northern Ireland
  • Scotland
  • Wales

Cities:

Dependencies and Territories:

  • Anguilla
  • Bermuda
  • Cayman Islands
  • Channel Islands
  • Falkland Islands
  • Gibraltar
  • Isle of Man
  • Montserrat
  • Saint Helena
  • Turks and Caicos Islands
  • Virgin Islands

United States[]

Regions:

  • Appalachia
  • Mid-Atlantic
  • West

Cities:

  • Annapolis
  • Athens
  • Atlanta
  • Austin
  • Baltimore
  • Charlotte
  • Chicago
  • Dallas
  • Denver
  • Detroit
  • Fort Worth
  • Los Angeles
  • Miami
  • Milwaukee
  • New Orleans
  • New York City
  • Olympia
  • Omaha
  • Philadelphia
  • San Diego
  • San Francisco
  • Seattle
  • Washington D.C.

States:

Overseas:

Historical genres[]

  • Byzantine
  • Early
  • Ancient Celtic
  • Ancient Egypt
  • Ancient Greek
  • Ancient India
  • Hittite
  • Maya
  • Medieval (Europe)
  • Mesopotamia
  • Ottoman
  • Ancient Persia
  • Prehistoric
  • Renaissance (Europe)
  • Ancient Rome
  • Sasanian Empire
  • Soviet Union
  • Ancient Sumeria
  • Temperance songs
  • Ancient Tamil

See also[]

  • List of basic music topics
  • Lists by country
  • List of national anthems
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