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music genres and structures
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Includes categories of music described by a combination of performance technique, instrumentation, musical form, linguistic elements, cultural and social contexts, textual or musical themes.
Alternative terms
UF
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music genres
UF
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musical categories
UF
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musical styles
Broader Terms
BT
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music
More specific terms
NT2
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art music
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NT3
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art music by performance type
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NT4
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aleatory music
NT4
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instrumental art music
NT4
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mixed vocal and instrumental art music
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NT5
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art songs
NT5
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musical theater music
NT5
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opera music
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NT4
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vocal art music
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NT5
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a capella singing
NT5
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choral music
NT3
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cultural settings of art music
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NT4
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bunraku music
NT4
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gagaku
NT4
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Hindustani art music
NT4
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kabuki music
NT4
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Karnatak art music
NT4
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noh music
NT4
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Western art music
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NT5
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modern music
NT5
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Western art music by eras
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NT5
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Western art music by instrumental setting
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NT2
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functional music
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NT3
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accompanying music
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NT4
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advertising music
NT4
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commercial jingles
NT4
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computer game music
NT4
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film music
NT4
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incidental music (theatrical)
NT4
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media production music
NT4
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radio show music
NT4
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television show music
NT3
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dance music
NT3
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drinking songs
NT3
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entertainment music
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NT4
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camp songs
NT4
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carols
NT4
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children's songs
NT4
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game songs
NT4
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play party songs (entertainment music)
NT3
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military music
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NT4
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military musical signals
NT3
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mnemonic songs
NT3
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sacred music
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NT4
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ritual music
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NT5
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calendrical events music
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NT5
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courtship music
NT5
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funeral music
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NT5
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healing music
NT5
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memorial music
NT5
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trance music
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NT5
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wedding music
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NT3
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sports music
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NT4
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cheerleading cheers
NT4
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wrestling music
NT3
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work music
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NT4
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exercise music
NT4
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hunting music
NT4
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work songs
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NT5
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begging songs
NT5
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cowboy songs
NT5
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drillers songs
NT5
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field hollers
NT5
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grain separating songs
NT5
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lullabies
NT5
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rail-laying songs
NT5
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rowing songs
NT5
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shanties
NT5
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waulking songs (Scottish)
NT2
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musical theme types
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NT3
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bawdy songs
NT3
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comic songs
NT3
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disaster songs
NT3
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labor songs
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NT4
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union songs
NT3
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love songs
NT3
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mining songs
NT3
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political songs
NT3
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religious songs
NT3
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school songs
NT3
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temperance songs
NT3
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tragic songs
NT3
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women's music
NT2
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popular music
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NT3
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American minstrel music
NT3
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boogie-woogie music
NT3
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country music
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NT4
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country rock music
NT4
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honky-tonk music
NT4
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western swing music
NT3
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Jamaican popular music
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NT4
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dancehall (reggae)
NT4
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dub music (Jamaican)
NT4
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reggae
NT4
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rock steady
NT4
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ska
NT3
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jazz music
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NT4
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bebop music
NT4
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bop music
NT4
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Dixieland jazz music
NT4
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scat singing
NT4
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swing music
NT4
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symphonic jazz music
NT4
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third stream (jazz)
NT4
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trad jazz music
NT3
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new age music
NT3
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pop and rock music
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NT4
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ambient music
NT4
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disco music
NT4
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doo-wop
NT4
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funk
NT4
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house music
NT4
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ragtime music
NT4
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rap
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NT5
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East Coast rap
NT5
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gangsta rap
NT5
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Latin rap
NT5
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West coast rap
NT4
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rhythm and blues music
NT4
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rock music
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NT5
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art rock
NT5
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drum and bass music
NT5
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heavy metal music
NT5
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punk rock music
NT5
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rock 'n' roll music
NT5
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rockabilly music
NT5
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surf music
NT5
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techno (music)
NT4
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salsa music (pan-Latin)
NT4
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Tin Pan Alley music
NT4
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world music (popular)
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NT5
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arabesk
NT5
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bhangra
NT5
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rai music
NT2
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traditional music
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NT3
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body music
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NT4
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hambone
NT3
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instrumental and vocal traditional music
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NT4
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bluegrass music
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NT5
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newgrass
NT5
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progressive bluegrass
NT4
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bomba (Puerto Rican)
NT4
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Cajun music
NT4
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chicken scratch music (Native American)
NT4
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danza (Puerto Rican)
NT4
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doina (Romanian)
NT4
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flamenco music
NT4
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klezmer music
NT4
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mariachi music (Mexican)
NT4
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norteño music (Mexican)
NT4
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old time music (North American)
NT4
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plena
NT4
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samba music
NT4
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skiffle music
NT4
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steel band music
NT4
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Tex-Mex music
NT4
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zydeco music
NT3
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vocal traditional music
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NT4
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ballads (music)
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NT5
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blues ballads
NT5
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bothy ballads
NT5
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broadside ballads
NT5
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corridos
NT5
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traditional ballads (British)
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NT5
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traditional ballads (North American)
NT4
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blues music
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NT5
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Chicago blues
NT5
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East Texas blues
NT5
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Memphis blues
NT5
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Mississippi delta blues
NT5
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Piedmont blues
NT5
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rural blues music
NT5
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talking blues
NT5
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urban blues
NT5
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vaudeville blues
NT4
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calypso music
NT4
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fado
NT4
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filk music
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NT5
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bardic circle - West Coast (filk music)
NT5
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chaos - Midwest (filk music)
NT5
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sing-along - East Coast (filk music)
NT4
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folk opera
NT4
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ghazals
NT4
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rancheras
NT4
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religious-based music
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NT5
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gospel music
NT5
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psalmody
NT5
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shape note music
NT5
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spirituals
NT4
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sean nós
NT4
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singer-songwriter music
NT4
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vocable music
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NT5
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animal calls (vocal)
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NT5
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canntaireachd
NT5
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dance calls
NT5
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eefing and eiffing
NT5
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hollering (North America)
NT5
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höömii
NT5
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throat games (Inuit)
NT5
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vocable dance music
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NT5
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vocal imitations
Date of creation
26-Nov-2007
Accepted term
26-Nov-2007
Descendant terms
245
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More specific terms
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Alternative terms
3
Related terms
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Notes
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