List of cultural and regional genres of music

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
  • Secular
  • Sephardic
• Lao
• Maroon
• Native American and First Nations
• Nordic
• Romani
• Sami

Native Sub-Saharan African ethnic groups

• Baganda
• Ewe
• Hausa
• Igbo
• Ndebele
• Pygmy
• Shona
• Sotho
• Swazi
• Tswana
• Wolof
• Xhosa
• Yoruba
• Zulu

Native American ethnic groups

• Arapaho
• Blackfoot
• Dene
• Iroquois
• Innu
• Inuit
• Kiowa
• Kwakiutl
• Maya
• Navajo
• Pueblo (Hopi, Zuni)
• Seminole
• Sioux (Lakota, Dakota)
• Yaqui
• Yuman

By religion

• Buddhism
• Christianity
  • Anglicanism and Episcopalianism
  • Amish
  • Latter-Day Saints
  • Orthodox
    • Greek Orthodox
  • Salvation Army ^{[ broken anchor ]}
  • Shakers
• Hare Krishna
• Hinduism
• Judaism
• Islam
• Native American religion
• Neopaganism
• Rastafari movement
• Shinto
• Sikhism
• Taoism
• Zoroastrianism

• See also: Music of Vatican City

By language

• Esperanto
• Portuguese

Geographic genres

By country

• Afghanistan
• Albania
• Algeria
• Andorra
• Angola
• Antigua and Barbuda
• Argentina
• Armenia
• Australia
• Austria
• Azerbaijan
• Bahamas
• Bahrain
• Bangladesh
• Barbados
• Belarus
• Belgium
• Belize
• Benin
• Bhutan
• Bolivia
• Bosnia and Herzegovina
• Botswana
• Brazil
• Brunei
• Bulgaria
• Burkina Faso
• Cambodia
• Cameroon
• Canada
• Cape Verde
• Central African Republic
• Chad
• Chile
• China
• Colombia
• Comoros
• Congo-Kinshasa
• Congo-Brazzaville
• Costa Rica
• Côte d'Ivoire
• Croatia
• Cuba
• Cyprus
• Czech Republic
• Denmark
• Djibouti
• Dominica
• Dominican Republic
• Ecuador
• Egypt
• El Salvador
• Equatorial Guinea
• Eritrea
• Estonia
• Ethiopia
• Fiji
• Finland
• France
• Gabon
• Gambia
• Georgia
• Germany
• Ghana
• Greece
• Grenada
• Guatemala
• Guinea
• Guinea-Bissau
• Guyana
• Haiti
• Honduras
• Hong Kong
• Hungary
• Iceland
• India
• Indonesia
• Iran
• Iraq
• Ireland
• Israel
• Italy
• Jamaica
• Japan
• Jordan
• Kazakhstan
• Kenya
• Kiribati
• Kosovo
• Kuwait
• Kyrgyzstan
• Laos
• Latvia
• Lebanon
• Lesotho
• Liberia
• Libya
• Liechtenstein
• Lithuania
• Luxembourg
• Macedonia
• Madagascar
• Malawi
• Malaysia
• Maldives
• Mali
• Malta
• Marshall Islands
• Mauritania
• Mauritius
• Mexico
• Federated States of Micronesia
• Moldova
• Monaco
• Mongolia
• Montenegro
• Morocco
• Mozambique
• Myanmar
• Namibia
• Nauru
• Nepal
• Netherlands
• New Zealand
• Nicaragua
• Niger
• Nigeria
• North Korea
• Norway
• Oman
• Pakistan
• Palau
• Palestine
• Panama
• Papua New Guinea
• Paraguay
• Peru
• Philippines
• Poland
• Portugal
• Qatar
• Romania
• Russia
• Rwanda
• Saint Kitts and Nevis
• Saint Lucia
• Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
• Samoa
• San Marino
• São Tomé and Príncipe
• Saudi Arabia
• Senegal
• Serbia
• Seychelles
• Sierra Leone
• Singapore
• Slovakia
• Slovenia
• Solomon Islands
• Somalia
• South Africa
• South Korea
• Spain
• Sri Lanka
• Sudan
• Suriname
• Swaziland
• Sweden
• Switzerland
• Syria
• Taiwan
• Tajikistan
• Tanzania
• Thailand
• Timor-Leste
• Togo
• Tonga
• Trinidad and Tobago
• Tunisia
• Turkey
• Turkmenistan
• Tuvalu
• Uganda
• Ukraine
• United Arab Emirates
• United Kingdom
• United States
• Uruguay
• Uzbekistan
• Vanuatu
• Vatican City
• Venezuela
• Vietnam
• Western Sahara
• Yemen
• Zambia
• Zimbabwe

By continent or other international region

• Africa
• Asia
• Caribbean
• Central America
• Central Asia
• East Asia
• Eastern Europe
• 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

• Innsbruck
• Vienna

Bulgaria

• Thrace

Canada

Cities:

• Montreal
• Vancouver

Regions:

• Maritime Provinces
• Prairie Provinces
• West

Provinces and Territories:

• Alberta
• British Columbia
• Manitoba
• New Brunswick
• Newfoundland and Labrador
• Northwest Territories
• Nova Scotia
• Nunavut
• Ontario
• Prince Edward Island
• Quebec
• Saskatchewan
• Yukon

Chile

• Easter Island

China

• Anhui
• Fujian
• Gansu
• Guangdong
• Guangxi
• Guizhou
• Hebei
• Heilongjiang
• Henan
• Hong Kong
• Hubei
• Inner Mongolia
• Jiangxi
• Jilin
• Macau
• Manchuria
• Qinghai
• Shaanxi
• Sichuan
• Tibet
• Xinjiang
• Yunnan

Denmark

Overseas:

• Faroe Islands
• Greenland

Finland

• Åland
• Karelia

France

Cities

• Monaco
• Paris

Regions

• Aquitaine
• Auvergne
• Brittany
• Burgundy
• Corsica
• Gascony
• Limousin

Overseas:

• Austral Islands
• French Guiana
• French Polynesia
• Martinique and Guadeloupe
• Mayotte
• New Caledonia
• Réunion
• Tahiti
• Wallis and Futuna

Germany

Cities

• Berlin

Greece

• Aegean Islands
• Crete
• Cyclades
• Dodecanese Islands
• Epirus
• Ionian Islands
• Lesbos
• Macedonia
• Peloponnesos
• Thessaloniki
• Thessaly
• Thrace

Hungary

• Budapest
• Pécs

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

• Bali
• Java
• Sumatra
• Sunda

Israel

• Mizrahi Music

Italy

Regions:

• Aosta Valley
• Calabria
• Campania
• Friuli
• Latium
• Liguria
• Lombardy
• Marche
• Piedmont
• Puglia
• Sardinia
• Sicily
• Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol
• Tuscany
• Veneto

Cities:

• Florence
• Genoa
• Lucca
• Milan
• Naples
• Venice

Japan

• Okinawa

Mexico

• Chihuahua

Netherlands

Overseas:

• Aruba and the Netherlands Antilles

New Zealand

Overseas:

• Cook Islands
• Niue
• Tokelau

Portugal

• Madeira

Romania

• Transylvania

Russia

Cities:

• Kaliningrad
• Rostov-on-Don

Regions:

• Adygea
• Altai
• Astrakhan
• Bashkortostan
• Buryatia
• Dagestan
• 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

• Badakhshan

Turkey

• Thrace
• Karadeniz

United Kingdom

Individual countries

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

Cities:

• Birmingham
  • Classical music of Birmingham
  • Jazz of Birmingham
  • Popular music of Birmingham
• Cardiff
• Liverpool
• Manchester

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:

• Alabama
• Alaska
• Arizona
• Arkansas
• California
• Colorado
• Connecticut
• Delaware
• Florida
• Georgia
• Hawaii
• Idaho
• Illinois
• Indiana
• Iowa
• Kansas
• Kentucky
• Louisiana
• Maine
• Maryland
• Massachusetts
• Michigan
• Minnesota
• Mississippi
• Missouri
• Montana
• Nebraska
• Nevada
• New Hampshire
• New Jersey
• New Mexico
• New York
• North Carolina
• North Dakota
• Ohio
• Oklahoma
• Oregon
• Pennsylvania
• Rhode Island
• South Carolina
• South Dakota
• Tennessee
• Texas
• Utah
• Vermont
• Virginia
• Washington
• West Virginia
• Wisconsin
• Wyoming

Overseas:

• American Samoa
• Guam
• Mariana Islands
• Puerto Rico
• Virgin Islands

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