
Music Genre Finder
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- 177 repo stars
- Updated January 31, 2026
- joeseesun/music-genre-finder
Query and explore 5947 music genres from RateYourMusic with hierarchical browsing, style recommendations, and integration with music generation.
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Music genre finder using RateYourMusic catalog of 5947 genres across 49 categories. Developers use it for precise genre queries, mood-based recommendations, and hierarchy exploration.
- 5947 genres with parent-child relationships and direct RYM links
- Smart recommendations based on mood/scenario descriptions
Music Genre Finder by the numbers
- 20 all-time installs (skills.sh)
- Ranked #998 of 1,335 Generative Media skills by installs in the Skillselion catalog
- Data as of Aug 4, 2026 (Skillselion catalog sync)
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| Installs | 20 |
|---|---|
| repo stars | ★ 177 |
| Last updated | January 31, 2026 |
| Repository | joeseesun/music-genre-finder ↗ |
What it does
Query and explore 5947 music genres from RateYourMusic with hierarchical browsing, style recommendations, and integration with music generation.
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Music Genre Finder
智能音乐风格查询助手,基于 RateYourMusic 的 5947 个音乐风格数据库,支持快速查询、智能推荐和层级探索。
数据结构说明
skill 使用 ~/.claude/skills/music-genre-finder/references/ 目录下的分层数据:
references/
├── _index.json # 49个主分类概览(必读,13KB)
├── _meta.json # 元数据和使用说明(399B)
├── main/ # 49个文件,每个主分类的直接子分类
│ ├── ambient.json
│ ├── rock.json
│ └── ...
└── detailed/ # 578个文件,有孙分类的子分类详情
├── dark-ambient.json
├── shoegaze.json
└── ...数据统计:
- 总风格数:5947
- 主分类:49(Rock, Jazz, Ambient, Electronic 等)
- 子分类:737(level: sub)
- 孙分类及以下:5161(sub-2/sub-3/sub-4)
每个风格的数据字段:
{
"name": "Dark Ambient",
"url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/dark-ambient/",
"description": "Emphasizes an ominous, gloomy, and dissonant atmosphere.",
"level": "sub", // main, sub, sub-2, sub-3, sub-4
"parent": "Ambient" // 父分类名称
}核心功能
1. 快速查询(精确匹配)
用户说:"查一下 Shoegaze"
执行流程:
Step 1: 读取 _index.json,检查是否为主分类
Step 2: 如果不是,用 grep/find 在 main/*.json 中搜索
Step 3: 找到后,显示风格信息 + 链接 + 子分类(如果有)示例输出:
🎵 Shoegaze
📝 Characterized by ethereal vocals buried beneath walls of distorted guitars...
🔗 https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/shoegaze/
📂 属于:Alternative Rock > Noise Pop > Shoegaze
💡 Shoegaze 有 3 个子分类:
- Blackgaze(融合黑金属元素)
- Nu-Gaze(现代复兴)
- Dream Pop(更柔和的变体)---
2. 智能推荐(语义匹配)
用户说:"推荐一些适合深夜、有点空灵的风格"
执行流程:
Step 1: 读取 _index.json,扫描所有49个主分类的描述
Step 2: 用关键词匹配(deep night, ethereal, ambient, atmospheric)
Step 3: 找到候选主分类后,读取对应的 main/*.json
Step 4: 根据描述进一步筛选子分类
Step 5: 返回 Top 3-5 推荐,带简短说明关键词映射表(内置语义规则):
| 用户描述 | 匹配关键词 | 推荐方向 |
|---|---|---|
| 深夜、放松、冥想 | ambient, atmospheric, calm, soothing | Ambient, Drone, Space Ambient |
| 有活力、激烈 | energetic, fast, aggressive, intense | Punk, Hardcore, Drum and Bass |
| 暗黑、压抑 | dark, gloomy, ominous, dissonant | Dark Ambient, Black Metal, Industrial |
| 空灵、梦幻 | ethereal, dreamy, atmospheric, reverb | Dream Pop, Shoegaze, Ambient Pop |
| 电子、科技感 | electronic, synthetic, futuristic, digital | Techno, IDM, Ambient Techno |
| 复古、怀旧 | vintage, retro, nostalgic, classic | Synthwave, Vaporwave, Chillwave |
| 实验、前卫 | experimental, avant-garde, unconventional | Noise, Free Jazz, Musique Concrète |
示例输出:
🌙 根据"深夜 + 空灵",为你推荐以下风格:
1. ⭐ Dark Ambient
"强调阴暗、忧郁和不和谐的氛围"
🔗 https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/dark-ambient/
2. ⭐ Space Ambient
"流动而放松的合成器音乐,常围绕外太空意象"
🔗 https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/space-ambient/
3. ⭐ Drone
"持续或重复的声音、音符或音簇,强调音色变化"
🔗 https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/drone/
💡 想深入了解某个风格?回复风格名称即可。---
3. 层级探索(树状浏览)
用户说:"给我看看 Ambient 下面都有什么"
执行流程:
Step 1: 读取 main/ambient.json
Step 2: 列出所有直接子分类(level: sub)
Step 3: 如果用户进一步询问某个子分类,读取 detailed/{subgenre}.json
Step 4: 显示完整的层级树示例输出:
🎵 Ambient 的子分类树:
Ambient (主分类)
├── Ambient Americana
│ └── 使用传统美式乡村乐器,营造田园氛围
├── Dark Ambient ⭐
│ ├── Black Ambient(融合黑金属元素)
│ ├── Ritual Ambient(仪式感、神秘)
│ └── ...
├── Space Ambient
│ └── 太空主题,合成器为主
└── Tribal Ambient
└── 结合全球传统乐器和氛围
💡 点击 ⭐ 标记的分类可以继续展开更多子分类---
4. 与 Suno 集成(自动流程)
当用户要用 Suno 生成音乐但没指定风格时,主动触发此 skill:
用户说:"用 Suno 帮我生成一首歌"
执行流程:
Step 1: 询问用户想要什么氛围/场景(或直接推荐热门风格)
Step 2: 使用智能推荐功能,给出 3-5 个风格
Step 3: 用户选择后,将风格名称传递给 suno-music-creator
Step 4: Suno 生成时,在 tags 参数中包含风格名称示例对话:
User: 用 Suno 帮我生成一首歌
AI: 好的!想要什么风格?我可以帮你推荐:
1. Synthwave(复古电子,80年代感)
2. Lo-fi Hip Hop(放松、学习背景音乐)
3. Shoegaze(空灵、吉他噪音墙)
或者告诉我你想要的氛围(如:有活力、适合深夜、暗黑等)
User: 有活力的
AI: 推荐:Drum and Bass, Hardcore Punk, Electro House
选哪个?
User: Drum and Bass
AI: [调用 suno-music-creator,tags 包含 "drum and bass, energetic"]---
实现细节
读取优化策略
原则:渐进式加载,最小化上下文消耗
1. 必读文件:
_index.json(13KB)- 每次查询都要读,作为索引
2. 按需读取:
- 精确查询:只读 1 个 main/.json 或 detailed/.json
- 智能推荐:读 _index.json + 最多 3 个候选 main/*.json
- 层级探索:逐层展开,用户点击才读下一层
3. 上下文预算:
- 单次查询通常 < 30KB(_index + 1-3个分类文件)
- 远小于原始 1.7MB 的完整数据
搜索算法
精确匹配:
# 先在主分类中查找
jq '.genres[] | select(.name == "Ambient")' _index.json
# 如果没找到,在所有 main/*.json 中搜索
grep -l "\"name\": \"Shoegaze\"" main/*.json
# 再在 detailed/*.json 中搜索
grep -l "\"name\": \"Blackgaze\"" detailed/*.json模糊匹配(用户描述不精确时):
# 关键词匹配描述
jq '.genres[] | select(.description | test("dark|ominous|gloomy"; "i"))' _index.json输出格式规范
统一模板:
🎵 {风格名称}
📝 {描述}
🔗 {RateYourMusic 链接}
📂 {层级路径}(如果不是主分类)
💡 {额外信息}(如子分类数量、推荐理由等)---
使用示例
示例1:快速查询
User: 查一下 Vaporwave
AI: 🎵 Vaporwave
📝 Nostalgic, surrealist take on elevator music, sampling 1980s-90s muzak,
smooth jazz, and lounge music, often with a chopped and screwed aesthetic.
🔗 https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/vaporwave/
📂 Electronic > Vaporwave
💡 Vaporwave 有 5 个子分类:
- Hardvapour(更激进的变体)
- Mallsoft(商场环境音乐)
- Future Funk(融合 Funk 元素)
- Eccojams(循环和失真)
- Signalwave(广播信号美学)示例2:智能推荐
User: 推荐一些适合写代码时听的音乐风格
AI: 🖥️ 根据"写代码"场景,推荐以下风格(不分散注意力 + 有节奏感):
1. ⭐ Lo-fi Hip Hop
"放松的嘻哈节奏 + 爵士采样,专注学习/工作的首选"
2. ⭐ Ambient Techno
"电子氛围 + 稳定节奏,既不无聊又不干扰"
3. ⭐ Post-Rock
"器乐为主,渐进式发展,适合长时间专注"
4. ⭐ Downtempo
"慢节奏电子,平静但不催眠"
💡 想了解更多?回复风格名称或序号。示例3:层级探索
User: Electronic 下面都有什么大分类?
AI: 🎵 Electronic 的主要子分类:
📂 Electronic(主分类)
├── 🎛️ Ambient(氛围电子)
├── 💃 Dance(舞曲类)
│ ├── House
│ ├── Techno
│ ├── Trance
│ └── Drum and Bass
├── 🧠 IDM(智能舞曲,实验电子)
├── 🌊 Downtempo(慢节奏)
├── 🔊 Bass Music(低音音乐)
└── 🎹 Synthwave(合成器波)
总共 37 个子分类,以上是最热门的几类。
💡 想深入某个分类?告诉我名称即可。---
错误处理
找不到风格时
User: 查一下 Qiaomu Style
AI: ❌ 没有找到 "Qiaomu Style" 这个风格。
💡 可能的原因:
- 风格名称拼写错误?试试相似的:Shoegaze, Noise Pop
- RateYourMusic 数据库中没有此风格
🔍 你可以:
1. 描述一下这个风格的特点,我帮你找相似的
2. 直接访问 https://rateyourmusic.com/genres/ 浏览完整列表描述太模糊时
User: 推荐一些好听的音乐风格
AI: 🤔 "好听"的定义因人而异!能具体描述一下吗?
例如:
- 场景:适合深夜/运动/工作/开车
- 氛围:放松/激烈/暗黑/欢快
- 乐器:吉他为主/电子/管弦乐
- 参考:类似 XX 乐队/歌手
或者我可以推荐几个通用的热门风格?---
数据维护
更新数据
如果 RateYourMusic 网站更新,需要重新抓取:
# 重新运行抓取脚本(使用 playwright)
python scrape_rateyourmusic.py
# 重新拆分数据
python split_genres.py添加自定义标签
可以在 _meta.json 中添加 custom_tags 字段,用于更精准的推荐:
{
"custom_tags": {
"coding": ["Lo-fi Hip Hop", "Ambient Techno", "Post-Rock"],
"workout": ["Drum and Bass", "Hardcore Punk", "Trap"],
"sleep": ["Dark Ambient", "Drone", "Field Recordings"]
}
}---
技术规范
文件读取优先级
1. 优先使用 Read tool(快速、直接) 2. 需要搜索时用 Grep tool 3. 避免用 Bash cat/grep(Read 和 Grep 更高效)
JSON 解析
- 使用
jq进行复杂查询(如过滤、排序) - Python 脚本用于批量处理或复杂逻辑
链接处理
- 所有输出的 RateYourMusic 链接都要完整、可点击
- 格式:
🔗 https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/{genre-slug}/
---
与其他 Skills 的协作
与 suno-music-creator 配合
music-genre-finder → 推荐风格 → suno-music-creator 生成音乐工作流: 1. 用户说"用 Suno 生成一首歌" 2. music-genre-finder 推荐风格(如 "Synthwave") 3. 用户确认后,调用 suno-music-creator,tags 包含风格名称 4. Suno 生成符合该风格的音乐
与 qiaomu-writer 配合
music-genre-finder → 查询风格 → qiaomu-writer 写风格解读文章示例:
- 用户:"写一篇关于 Shoegaze 的文章"
- music-genre-finder 提供 Shoegaze 的详细信息(描述、历史、子分类)
- qiaomu-writer 基于这些信息生成乔木风格的文章
---
最佳实践
DO ✅
- 总是先读
_index.json建立索引 - 根据用户需求渐进式加载(不要一次读太多文件)
- 输出时包含 RateYourMusic 链接,方便用户深入了解
- 用 emoji 让输出更直观(🎵 🔗 📂 💡)
- 推荐时给出 3-5 个选项,不要太多(选择困难)
DON'T ❌
- 不要一次性读取所有 main/.json 和 detailed/.json(浪费上下文)
- 不要假设用户知道专业术语(用简单描述 + 链接)
- 不要只返回风格名称列表(要有描述和推荐理由)
- 不要忽略用户的隐式需求(如"用 Suno 生成"隐式需要风格推荐)
---
更新日志
v1.1 (2026-01-31)
- 规范化 skill 结构:添加 YAML frontmatter
- 重命名 data/ → references/(符合 skill 最佳实践)
- 优化 description 字段,整合触发条件
v1.0 (2026-01-31)
- 初始版本
- 支持 5947 个音乐风格的查询、推荐、探索
- 基于 RateYourMusic 2026-01-31 数据
- 三层数据结构(_index.json, main/, detailed/)
- 与 suno-music-creator 集成
---
作者
Created by 乔帮主 with Claude Code Data source: https://rateyourmusic.com/genres/
{
"total_main_genres": 49,
"genres": [
{
"name": "ASMR",
"description": "Recordings intended to induce a pleasurable tingling sensation in the listener.",
"url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/asmr/"
},
{
"name": "Ambient",
"description": "Emphasizes texture and tone over traditional musical structure, aimed at evoking a particular atmosphere or mood.",
"url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/ambient/"
},
{
"name": "Ambient Pop",
"description": "Emphasizes texture and atmosphere with a degree of structural experimentation, drawing on Dream Pop, Neo-Psychedelia, and Post-Rock while tending towards more minimal, repetitive arrangements which may incorporate elements of Electronic or Krautrock.",
"url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/ambient-pop/"
},
{
"name": "Audio Documentary",
"description": "Form of documentary that uses audio to document or explore a subject or theme.",
"url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/audio-documentary/"
},
{
"name": "Beatboxing",
"description": "Form of vocal percussion developed during the 1980s, primarily involving the art of producing drum beats, rhythm, and musical sounds using one's mouth, lips, tongue, voice, and more.",
"url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/beatboxing/"
},
{
"name": "Blues",
"description": "Originated toward the end of the 19th century in African American communities in the United States, particularly the Deep South; drew on traditional Spirituals and Work Song; highly influential to the whole of Western popular music.",
"url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/blues/"
},
{
"name": "Bugle Call",
"description": "Short tunes played on a bugle; used in militaries for communication.",
"url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/bugle-call/"
},
{
"name": "Children's Music",
"description": "Recorded for an intended audience of children.",
"url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/childrens-music/"
},
{
"name": "Classical Music",
"description": "Part of a broad generalization about the structure and function of music throughout history across the globe, describing traditions distinct from Traditional Folk Music and popular music.",
"url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/classical-music/"
},
{
"name": "Comedy",
"description": "Range of styles, both musical and non-musical, that always set out to make the listener laugh through humor.",
"url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/comedy/"
},
{
"name": "Country",
"description": "American genre derived from Southern and Appalachian forms of American Folk Music and later Rock and Pop influences, with a focus on the life and culture of rural America.",
"url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/country/"
},
{
"name": "Dance",
"description": "Rooted in Disco and developed largely within Electronic Dance Music; emphasizes rhythm and is generally produced for play by DJs at clubs, parties, or festivals.",
"url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/dance/"
},
{
"name": "Dark Cabaret",
"description": "Dark, moody style incorporating elements of Cabaret in a modern context, with varied instrumentation.",
"url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/dark-cabaret/"
},
{
"name": "Darkwave",
"description": "Expands on the dark, introspective and sorrowful atmosphere of Gothic Rock; borrowing aspects from Electronic and other non-Rock influences.",
"url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/darkwave/"
},
{
"name": "Easy Listening",
"description": "Typically instrumental, including lush arrangements and melodies played by orchestras or big bands aiming for light entertainment.",
"url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/easy-listening/"
},
{
"name": "Electronic",
"description": "Uses non-traditional electronic instrumentation and sound manipulation technology as the primary backbone of a composition.",
"url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/electronic/"
},
{
"name": "Experimental",
"description": "Most radical approaches throughout history, featuring non-traditional production methods resulting in sounds and styles that go largely beyond traditional boundaries.",
"url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/experimental/"
},
{
"name": "Field Recordings",
"description": "Material recorded outside of a recording studio for the purpose of capturing the audible illustration of an environment.",
"url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/field-recordings/"
},
{
"name": "Folk",
"description": "Rooted in mostly oral traditions of the peoples of the world, encompassing international Traditional Folk Music as well as Western Contemporary Folk which arose in the 1940s.",
"url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/folk/"
},
{
"name": "Gospel",
"description": "Arising from vocal Christian tradition often featuring emotive performances, layered accompaniments, and themes of faith and salvation.",
"url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/gospel/"
},
{
"name": "Hanmai",
"description": "Chinese performance style featuring a performer shouting lyrics over an upbeat backing track.",
"url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/hanmai/"
},
{
"name": "Hip Hop",
"description": "Emerged primarily on the United States East Coast in African-American communities in the late 1970s; emphasizes rhythmic beat patterns and a type of spoken vocal delivery known as rapping.",
"url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/hip-hop/"
},
{
"name": "Hymns",
"description": "Performed and written with the purpose of praise, adoration, and prayer, often addressed to deities or other cultural figures.",
"url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/hymns/"
},
{
"name": "Industrial & Noise",
"description": "Umbrella encompassing Noise and Industrial, as well as later derivatives that combine the latter aesthetics with other styles and in more accessible directions which fall under Post-Industrial.",
"url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/industrial-and-noise/"
},
{
"name": "Jazz",
"description": "Originating in African American communities in the Southern United States around the turn of the 20th century, building on New Orleans Brass Band ensemble and influences from Ragtime and Blues to become a very popular style by the emergence of Swing in the 1930s.",
"url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/jazz/"
},
{
"name": "Jingles",
"description": "Short, melodic phrases, traditionally used in advertisements, and later in ringtones and video games.",
"url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/jingles/"
},
{
"name": "Mantra",
"description": "Sounds, words or phrases, often repeatedly chanted, used in religions originating in the Indian subcontinent, and spiritual practices influenced by them.",
"url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/mantra/"
},
{
"name": "March",
"description": "Strong and regular rhythm originally written to walk in step easier or to back events like parades or marches.",
"url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/march/"
},
{
"name": "Marching Band",
"description": "Covering the music of Western-derived marching bands, primarily used for entertainment, competition, military, and parade settings, typically involving large-scale orchestras featuring a variety of instruments.",
"url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/marching-band/"
},
{
"name": "Mashup",
"description": "Songs created by mixing parts of two or more recordings together.",
"url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/mashup/"
},
{
"name": "Mechanical Music",
"description": "Generated by self-playing devices, which read and reproduce music through purely mechanical means with no major electronically controlled elements.",
"url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/mechanical-music/"
},
{
"name": "Metal",
"description": "Driving and distorted riffs, aggressive drumming, vigorous vocals, and an all-around show of brute force in its early days, since branching into dozens of subgenres.",
"url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/metal/"
},
{
"name": "Musical Theatre and Entertainment",
"description": "Range of styles of theatre individually popular in the United States or in various countries in Europe, mostly from the 19th century to the mid-20th century.",
"url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/musical-theatre-and-entertainment/"
},
{
"name": "New Age",
"description": "Broad genre centered on peaceful, meditative melodies, using a wide variety of instrumentation.",
"url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/new-age/"
},
{
"name": "Parlour Music",
"description": "Early form of light, sentimental popular music; popular in USA and Europe from the late 1700s to the 1870s.",
"url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/parlour-music/"
},
{
"name": "Pop",
"description": "Umbrella of popular styles closely tied to mass production and mass marketing, focusing on catchiness and accessibility through melody, rhythm, lyrics, and hooks.",
"url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/pop/"
},
{
"name": "Psychedelia",
"description": "Umbrella of styles intended to replicate or enhance the altered state of consciousness brought on by the use of psychedelic drugs, originating in the 1960s.",
"url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/psychedelia/"
},
{
"name": "Punk",
"description": "Musical and cultural product of Punk Rock known for its simplistic, brash playstyle and anti-establishment themes.",
"url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/punk/"
},
{
"name": "R&B",
"description": "Umbrella of styles covering the most popular forms of Black American music from the late 1940s, when the term Rhythm & Blues first appeared; includes the developments of Soul and Funk in the '60s and '70s, and the Contemporary R&B of the 1980s onward.",
"url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/randb/"
},
{
"name": "Reggae / Ska / Dancehall",
"description": "Umbrella for related forms of Jamaican Music which have grown beyond their regional roots to become global phenomena.",
"url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/reggae-ska-dancehall/"
},
{
"name": "Regional Music",
"description": "Music of regional cultural traditions, that is or was predominantly played and produced in these regions.",
"url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/regional-music/"
},
{
"name": "Rock",
"description": "Typically uses a verse-chorus structure with a backbeat rhythm and the electric guitar at the forefront; generally heavier and/or faster than its predecessors.",
"url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/rock/"
},
{
"name": "Sacred Singing Circle",
"description": "Phenomenon that originally began in hippie gatherings, notably beginning with the counter-culture Rainbow Gatherings of the 1970s, features loose musical jams with varied and spontaneous performances.",
"url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/sacred-singing-circle/"
},
{
"name": "Scenes & Movements",
"description": "",
"url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/scenes-and-movements/"
},
{
"name": "Singer-Songwriter",
"description": "Heavily focused on lyrics and songwriting, with musical accompaniment tending to take lower precedence.",
"url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/singer-songwriter/"
},
{
"name": "Sound Effects",
"description": "Non-musical audio works, including recorded sounds and sounds recreated synthetically or by other means, which are either sounds of known objects or abstract noise manifestations.",
"url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/sound-effects/"
},
{
"name": "Spoken Word",
"description": "Usually unaccompanied vocal readings.",
"url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/spoken-word/"
},
{
"name": "Toypop",
"description": "Avant-garde, naive, and child-like; explores the sonic capabilities of toy instruments.",
"url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/toypop/"
},
{
"name": "Worldbeat",
"description": "Pairs elements from diverse sources from across the globe with contemporary, uplifting Westernised production, created primarily for a Western audience.",
"url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/worldbeat/"
}
]
}{
"total_genres": 5947,
"main_genres": 49,
"sub_genres": 737,
"detailed_genres": 5161,
"last_updated": "2026-01-31 19:32:04",
"source": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genres/",
"usage": {
"step1": "读取 _index.json 查看所有主分类",
"step2": "读取 main/{genre-name}.json 查看直接子分类",
"step3": "读取 detailed/{subgenre-name}.json 查看更深层级"
}
}{
"name": "Aboio",
"description": "Cattle-herding songs originating in rural Northeastern Brazil.",
"url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/aboio/",
"parent": "Brazilian Folk Music",
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"name": "Aboio cantado",
"url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/aboio-cantado/",
"description": "Aboio that features rhyming verses.",
"level": "sub-4",
"parent": "Aboio"
},
{
"name": "Aboio cantado",
"url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/aboio-cantado/",
"description": "Aboio that features rhyming verses.",
"level": "sub-4",
"parent": "Aboio"
},
{
"name": "Aboio cantado",
"url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/aboio-cantado/",
"description": "Aboio that features rhyming verses.",
"level": "sub-5",
"parent": "Aboio"
},
{
"name": "Aboio cantado",
"url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/aboio-cantado/",
"description": "Aboio that features rhyming verses.",
"level": "sub-5",
"parent": "Aboio"
},
{
"name": "Aboio cantado",
"url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/aboio-cantado/",
"description": "Aboio that features rhyming verses.",
"level": "sub-4",
"parent": "Aboio"
},
{
"name": "Aboio cantado",
"url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/aboio-cantado/",
"description": "Aboio that features rhyming verses.",
"level": "sub-4",
"parent": "Aboio"
}
]
}{
"name": "Acholi Music",
"description": "Music of the Acholi people, who inhabit a region known as “Acholiland,” spanning parts of northern Uganda and southern South Sudan.",
"url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/acholi-music/",
"parent": "East African Music",
"level": "sub-3",
"children_count": 1,
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{
"name": "Acholitronix",
"url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/acholitronix/",
"description": "Fusion of traditional Acholi rhythms and melodies with Electronic production, originating in the city of Gulu.",
"level": "sub-4",
"parent": "Acholi Music"
}
]
}{
"name": "Acoustic Blues",
"description": "Developed out of Work Song and Spirituals to become the most prominent early form of Blues.",
"url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/acoustic-blues/",
"parent": "Blues",
"level": "sub",
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{
"name": "Acoustic Chicago Blues",
"url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/acoustic-chicago-blues/",
"description": "Unplugged Blues made in the Chicago region, primarily during the 1930s and 1940s.",
"level": "sub-2",
"parent": "Acoustic Blues"
},
{
"name": "Acoustic Texas Blues",
"url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/acoustic-texas-blues/",
"description": "Laid-back swing rhythms and guitar ornamentation, including solos.",
"level": "sub-2",
"parent": "Acoustic Blues"
},
{
"name": "Jug Band",
"url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/jug-band/",
"description": "Usually features a jug as the bass instrument as well as other homemade (or easily affordable) instruments, such as kazoos and washboards.",
"level": "sub-2",
"parent": "Acoustic Blues"
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{
"name": "Piedmont Blues",
"url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/piedmont-blues/",
"description": "Developed in the early 20th century in the southern Appalachian foothills and characterized by a syncopated but melodic Ragtime-based finger-picking acoustic guitar style.",
"level": "sub-2",
"parent": "Acoustic Blues"
}
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"name": "African Folk Music",
"description": "Indigenous music of Africa that is passed down orally from generation to generation, the authors of the songs are usually unknown.",
"url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/african-folk-music/",
"parent": "Traditional Folk Music",
"level": "sub-2",
"children_count": 48,
"children": [
{
"name": "Ambasse bey",
"url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/ambasse-bey/",
"description": "African Folk Music developed by the Yabassi people of Cameroon.",
"level": "sub-3",
"parent": "African Folk Music"
},
{
"name": "Ambasse bey",
"url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/ambasse-bey/",
"description": "African Folk Music developed by the Yabassi people of Cameroon.",
"level": "sub-3",
"parent": "African Folk Music"
},
{
"name": "Ambasse bey",
"url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/ambasse-bey/",
"description": "African Folk Music developed by the Yabassi people of Cameroon.",
"level": "sub-3",
"parent": "African Folk Music"
},
{
"name": "Apala",
"url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/apala/",
"description": "Yoruba Music developed by Muslims during the late 1930s and early 1940s in the Ijebu region of Yorubaland, the current Ogun state.",
"level": "sub-3",
"parent": "African Folk Music"
},
{
"name": "Apala",
"url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/apala/",
"description": "Yoruba Music developed by Muslims during the late 1930s and early 1940s in the Ijebu region of Yorubaland, the current Ogun state.",
"level": "sub-3",
"parent": "African Folk Music"
},
{
"name": "Apala",
"url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/apala/",
"description": "Yoruba Music developed by Muslims during the late 1930s and early 1940s in the Ijebu region of Yorubaland, the current Ogun state.",
"level": "sub-3",
"parent": "African Folk Music"
},
{
"name": "Batuque",
"url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/batuque/",
"description": "Tradition from Cape Verde, unusual among the islands' music due to its lack of polyphonic singing and its usage of polyrhythms.",
"level": "sub-3",
"parent": "African Folk Music"
},
{
"name": "Batuque",
"url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/batuque/",
"description": "Tradition from Cape Verde, unusual among the islands' music due to its lack of polyphonic singing and its usage of polyrhythms.",
"level": "sub-3",
"parent": "African Folk Music"
},
{
"name": "Batuque",
"url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/batuque/",
"description": "Tradition from Cape Verde, unusual among the islands' music due to its lack of polyphonic singing and its usage of polyrhythms.",
"level": "sub-3",
"parent": "African Folk Music"
},
{
"name": "Dagomba Music",
"url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/dagomba-music/",
"description": "Music of the Dagomba people of northern Ghana.",
"level": "sub-3",
"parent": "African Folk Music"
},
{
"name": "Dagomba Music",
"url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/dagomba-music/",
"description": "Music of the Dagomba people of northern Ghana.",
"level": "sub-3",
"parent": "African Folk Music"
},
{
"name": "Dagomba Music",
"url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/dagomba-music/",
"description": "Music of the Dagomba people of northern Ghana.",
"level": "sub-3",
"parent": "African Folk Music"
},
{
"name": "Gnawa",
"url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/gnawa/",
"description": "A mystical musical tradition centred around the qraqab castanets and guembri bass lute, named after its originators, the Afro-Maghrebi Gnawa people.",
"level": "sub-3",
"parent": "African Folk Music"
},
{
"name": "Gnawa",
"url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/gnawa/",
"description": "A mystical musical tradition centred around the qraqab castanets and guembri bass lute, named after its originators, the Afro-Maghrebi Gnawa people.",
"level": "sub-3",
"parent": "African Folk Music"
},
{
"name": "Gnawa",
"url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/gnawa/",
"description": "A mystical musical tradition centred around the qraqab castanets and guembri bass lute, named after its originators, the Afro-Maghrebi Gnawa people.",
"level": "sub-3",
"parent": "African Folk Music"
},
{
"name": "Kabye Folk Music",
"url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/kabye-folk-music/",
"description": "Traditional Folk Music of the Kabye people of northern Togo, including some of the most singular styles that can be found in West Africa.",
"level": "sub-3",
"parent": "African Folk Music"
},
{
"name": "Kabye Folk Music",
"url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/kabye-folk-music/",
"description": "Traditional Folk Music of the Kabye people of northern Togo, including some of the most singular styles that can be found in West Africa.",
"level": "sub-3",
"parent": "African Folk Music"
},
{
"name": "Kabye Folk Music",
"url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/kabye-folk-music/",
"description": "Traditional Folk Music of the Kabye people of northern Togo, including some of the most singular styles that can be found in West Africa.",
"level": "sub-3",
"parent": "African Folk Music"
},
{
"name": "Kilapanga",
"url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/kilapanga/",
"description": "Tradition of the Bakongo people from Angola and Congo that has influenced contemporary styles such as Kuduro.",
"level": "sub-3",
"parent": "African Folk Music"
},
{
"name": "Kilapanga",
"url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/kilapanga/",
"description": "Tradition of the Bakongo people from Angola and Congo that has influenced contemporary styles such as Kuduro.",
"level": "sub-3",
"parent": "African Folk Music"
},
{
"name": "Kilapanga",
"url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/kilapanga/",
"description": "Tradition of the Bakongo people from Angola and Congo that has influenced contemporary styles such as Kuduro.",
"level": "sub-3",
"parent": "African Folk Music"
},
{
"name": "Malagasy Folk Music",
"url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/malagasy-folk-music/",
"description": "Melodic, chordophone-dominated sound; based on the Austronesian Music of the first settlers that arrived on the island from Borneo.",
"level": "sub-3",
"parent": "African Folk Music"
},
{
"name": "Malagasy Folk Music",
"url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/malagasy-folk-music/",
"description": "Melodic, chordophone-dominated sound; based on the Austronesian Music of the first settlers that arrived on the island from Borneo.",
"level": "sub-3",
"parent": "African Folk Music"
},
{
"name": "Malagasy Folk Music",
"url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/malagasy-folk-music/",
"description": "Melodic, chordophone-dominated sound; based on the Austronesian Music of the first settlers that arrived on the island from Borneo.",
"level": "sub-3",
"parent": "African Folk Music"
},
{
"name": "Mbenga-Mbuti Music",
"url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/mbenga-mbuti-music/",
"description": "Music of the Mbenga and Mbuti people, Pygmy ethnic groups in Central Africa.",
"level": "sub-3",
"parent": "African Folk Music"
},
{
"name": "Mbenga-Mbuti Music",
"url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/mbenga-mbuti-music/",
"description": "Music of the Mbenga and Mbuti people, Pygmy ethnic groups in Central Africa.",
"level": "sub-3",
"parent": "African Folk Music"
},
{
"name": "Mbenga-Mbuti Music",
"url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/mbenga-mbuti-music/",
"description": "Music of the Mbenga and Mbuti people, Pygmy ethnic groups in Central Africa.",
"level": "sub-3",
"parent": "African Folk Music"
},
{
"name": "Moutya",
"url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/moutya/",
"description": "Tradition that originated in Seychelles among Creole slaves, similar to Séga, although rawer and played only on large flat drums made from goatskin.",
"level": "sub-3",
"parent": "African Folk Music"
},
{
"name": "Moutya",
"url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/moutya/",
"description": "Tradition that originated in Seychelles among Creole slaves, similar to Séga, although rawer and played only on large flat drums made from goatskin.",
"level": "sub-3",
"parent": "African Folk Music"
},
{
"name": "Moutya",
"url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/moutya/",
"description": "Tradition that originated in Seychelles among Creole slaves, similar to Séga, although rawer and played only on large flat drums made from goatskin.",
"level": "sub-3",
"parent": "African Folk Music"
},
{
"name": "Ngoma",
"url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/ngoma/",
"description": "Played in Swahili-speaking African countries; primarily focused on rhythm.",
"level": "sub-3",
"parent": "African Folk Music"
},
{
"name": "Ngoma",
"url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/ngoma/",
"description": "Played in Swahili-speaking African countries; primarily focused on rhythm.",
"level": "sub-3",
"parent": "African Folk Music"
},
{
"name": "Ngoma",
"url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/ngoma/",
"description": "Played in Swahili-speaking African countries; primarily focused on rhythm.",
"level": "sub-3",
"parent": "African Folk Music"
},
{
"name": "Southern African Folk Music",
"url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/southern-african-folk-music/",
"description": "Traditional Folk Music of southern Africa.",
"level": "sub-3",
"parent": "African Folk Music"
},
{
"name": "Southern African Folk Music",
"url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/southern-african-folk-music/",
"description": "Traditional Folk Music of southern Africa.",
"level": "sub-3",
"parent": "African Folk Music"
},
{
"name": "Southern African Folk Music",
"url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/southern-african-folk-music/",
"description": "Traditional Folk Music of southern Africa.",
"level": "sub-3",
"parent": "African Folk Music"
},
{
"name": "Tchinkoumé",
"url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/tchinkoume/",
"description": "Tradition from the central region of Benin around Savalou, played with water percussion.",
"level": "sub-3",
"parent": "African Folk Music"
},
{
"name": "Tchinkoumé",
"url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/tchinkoume/",
"description": "Tradition from the central region of Benin around Savalou, played with water percussion.",
"level": "sub-3",
"parent": "African Folk Music"
},
{
"name": "Tchinkoumé",
"url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/tchinkoume/",
"description": "Tradition from the central region of Benin around Savalou, played with water percussion.",
"level": "sub-3",
"parent": "African Folk Music"
},
{
"name": "Traditional Maloya",
"url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/traditional-maloya/",
"description": "Derived from Traditional Séga, this is the original dance music of La Réunion.",
"level": "sub-3",
"parent": "African Folk Music"
},
{
"name": "Traditional Maloya",
"url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/traditional-maloya/",
"description": "Derived from Traditional Séga, this is the original dance music of La Réunion.",
"level": "sub-3",
"parent": "African Folk Music"
},
{
"name": "Traditional Maloya",
"url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/traditional-maloya/",
"description": "Derived from Traditional Séga, this is the original dance music of La Réunion.",
"level": "sub-3",
"parent": "African Folk Music"
},
{
"name": "Traditional Séga",
"url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/traditional-sega/",
"description": "Séga dance music born in the 18th century, before its later adoption of Western pop elements.",
"level": "sub-3",
"parent": "African Folk Music"
},
{
"name": "Traditional Séga",
"url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/traditional-sega/",
"description": "Séga dance music born in the 18th century, before its later adoption of Western pop elements.",
"level": "sub-3",
"parent": "African Folk Music"
},
{
"name": "Traditional Séga",
"url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/traditional-sega/",
"description": "Séga dance music born in the 18th century, before its later adoption of Western pop elements.",
"level": "sub-3",
"parent": "African Folk Music"
},
{
"name": "Zinli",
"url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/zinli/",
"description": "Traditional rhythmic chanting and percussion adapted to multiple West African contexts in the 20th century.",
"level": "sub-3",
"parent": "African Folk Music"
},
{
"name": "Zinli",
"url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/zinli/",
"description": "Traditional rhythmic chanting and percussion adapted to multiple West African contexts in the 20th century.",
"level": "sub-3",
"parent": "African Folk Music"
},
{
"name": "Zinli",
"url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/zinli/",
"description": "Traditional rhythmic chanting and percussion adapted to multiple West African contexts in the 20th century.",
"level": "sub-3",
"parent": "African Folk Music"
}
]
}{
"name": "African Music",
"description": "All forms with roots in Africa.",
"url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/african-music/",
"parent": "Regional Music",
"level": "sub",
"children_count": 11,
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{
"name": "African Folk Music",
"url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/african-folk-music/",
"description": "Indigenous music of Africa that is passed down orally from generation to generation, the authors of the songs are usually unknown.",
"level": "sub-2",
"parent": "African Music"
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{
"name": "Afro-Jazz",
"url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/afro-jazz/",
"description": "African-styled percussion and rhythms.",
"level": "sub-2",
"parent": "African Music"
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{
"name": "Cape Verdean Music",
"url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/cape-verdean-music/",
"description": "Music developed in the archipelago of Cape Verde.",
"level": "sub-2",
"parent": "African Music"
},
{
"name": "Central African Music",
"url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/central-african-music/",
"description": "Music of the areas speaking Adamawa-Eastern languages and many Bantu languages, through most of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, all of Gabon, Equatorial Guinea, the islands of São Tomé and Príncipe, Republic of the Congo, most of the Central African Republic, and large parts of Cameroon, Angola, and the northern parts of Zambia.",
"level": "sub-2",
"parent": "African Music"
},
{
"name": "East African Music",
"url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/east-african-music/",
"description": "Traditions which originate from the eastern subregion of the African continent, encompassing a wide variety of cultures and styles.",
"level": "sub-2",
"parent": "African Music"
},
{
"name": "Malagasy Music",
"url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/malagasy-music/",
"description": "Music of the Malagasy peoples.",
"level": "sub-2",
"parent": "African Music"
},
{
"name": "North African Music",
"url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/north-african-music/",
"description": "Music of North Africa.",
"level": "sub-2",
"parent": "African Music"
},
{
"name": "Northeastern African Music",
"url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/northeastern-african-music/",
"description": "Music of Northeastern Africa.",
"level": "sub-2",
"parent": "African Music"
},
{
"name": "Seychelles & Mascarene Islands Music",
"url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/seychelles-and-mascarene-islands-music/",
"description": "Styles from La Réunion, Mauritius, Rodrigues, and Seychelles.",
"level": "sub-2",
"parent": "African Music"
},
{
"name": "Southern African Music",
"url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/southern-african-music/",
"description": "Encompasses Southern African Folk Music and more modern genres, consisting in a specific style of a worldwide popular genre mixed with or rooted in a local traditional folk genre, through South Africa, Lesotho, Botswana, Eswatini, Namibia, southern Angola, and Matabeleland region in southern Zimbabwe.",
"level": "sub-2",
"parent": "African Music"
},
{
"name": "West African Music",
"url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/west-african-music/",
"description": "Traditional and regional popular music from the Western portion of Sub-Saharan Africa.",
"level": "sub-2",
"parent": "African Music"
}
]
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"name": "Afro House",
"description": "Emerged by fusing Deep House with Southern African Music, characterized by hypnotizing drum patterns of shakers and congas, often sampled African vocals or soulful original features, and spiritual, organic, melodic atmosphere.",
"url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/afro-house/",
"parent": "House",
"level": "sub-3",
"children_count": 2,
"children": [
{
"name": "3-Step",
"url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/3-step/",
"description": "Distinct three-kick-drum rhythm, blends influences from Amapiano and Broken Beat, resulting in relaxed, freeform, playful, Jazz-like feel.",
"level": "sub-4",
"parent": "Afro House"
},
{
"name": "3-Step",
"url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/3-step/",
"description": "Distinct three-kick-drum rhythm, blends influences from Amapiano and Broken Beat, resulting in relaxed, freeform, playful, Jazz-like feel.",
"level": "sub-4",
"parent": "Afro House"
}
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"name": "Afrobeats",
"description": "Originated in West Africa during the early 2010s and includes elements from Pop Rap, Contemporary R&B, and Dancehall.",
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"parent": "Pop",
"level": "sub",
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"name": "Afropiano",
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"name": "Alté",
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"description": "More subdued, atmospheric, minimalist, and eclectic production and vocal styles compared to earlier styles, as well as more socially conscious lyrics.",
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"name": "Ainu Music",
"description": "Music of the Ainu people from Hokkaidō, the Kuril Islands, and part of Sakhalin.",
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"parent": "East Asian Music",
"level": "sub-3",
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"name": "Upopo",
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"description": "Ainu everyday traditional song (as opposed to Yukar's sacred leanings).",
"level": "sub-4",
"parent": "Ainu Music"
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"name": "Upopo",
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"description": "Ainu everyday traditional song (as opposed to Yukar's sacred leanings).",
"level": "sub-4",
"parent": "Ainu Music"
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"name": "Yukar",
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"description": "Oral literature pertaining to Ainu culture and mythology.",
"level": "sub-4",
"parent": "Ainu Music"
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"name": "Yukar",
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"description": "Oral literature pertaining to Ainu culture and mythology.",
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"parent": "Ainu Music"
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"name": "Akan Music",
"description": "Music of the Akan people of Ghana and Côte d'Ivoire, including a variety of traditional and neo-traditional styles which are based on some of the oldest traditions in West Africa.",
"url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/akan-music/",
"parent": "West African Music",
"level": "sub-3",
"children_count": 2,
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"name": "Kete",
"url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/kete/",
"description": "Traditional percussive style played at special occasions in the courts of high ranking Asante chieftains.",
"level": "sub-4",
"parent": "Akan Music"
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"name": "Zoblazo",
"url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/zoblazo/",
"description": "Ivorian dance music combining traditional instruments and synthesizers that emerged in the late 1980s.",
"level": "sub-4",
"parent": "Akan Music"
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"name": "Alpine Folk Music",
"description": "Traditional Folk Music of the Alps, including parts of Germany, Austria, Slovenia, Switzerland, and Italy.",
"url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/alpine-folk-music/",
"parent": "European Folk Music",
"level": "sub-3",
"children_count": 12,
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"name": "Canto degli Alpini",
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"description": "Created and traditionally sung by choirs formed from the Italian army's Alpine mountain infantry corps, mainly dating back to WWI.",
"level": "sub-4",
"parent": "Alpine Folk Music"
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"name": "Canto degli Alpini",
"url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/canto-degli-alpini/",
"description": "Created and traditionally sung by choirs formed from the Italian army's Alpine mountain infantry corps, mainly dating back to WWI.",
"level": "sub-4",
"parent": "Alpine Folk Music"
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"name": "Canto degli Alpini",
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"description": "Created and traditionally sung by choirs formed from the Italian army's Alpine mountain infantry corps, mainly dating back to WWI.",
"level": "sub-4",
"parent": "Alpine Folk Music"
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"name": "Ländler",
"url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/landler/",
"description": "Swiss-German dance band music based on the accordion, combining traditional Alpine Folk Music with elements from Schlager and Jazz.",
"level": "sub-4",
"parent": "Alpine Folk Music"
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"name": "Ländler",
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"description": "Swiss-German dance band music based on the accordion, combining traditional Alpine Folk Music with elements from Schlager and Jazz.",
"level": "sub-4",
"parent": "Alpine Folk Music"
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"name": "Ländler",
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"description": "Swiss-German dance band music based on the accordion, combining traditional Alpine Folk Music with elements from Schlager and Jazz.",
"level": "sub-4",
"parent": "Alpine Folk Music"
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"name": "Narodno zabavna glasba",
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"description": "Modernised form of Slovenian Folk Music from the Alpine region of Upper Carniola (Oberkrain).",
"level": "sub-4",
"parent": "Alpine Folk Music"
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"name": "Narodno zabavna glasba",
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"description": "Modernised form of Slovenian Folk Music from the Alpine region of Upper Carniola (Oberkrain).",
"level": "sub-4",
"parent": "Alpine Folk Music"
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"name": "Narodno zabavna glasba",
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"description": "Modernised form of Slovenian Folk Music from the Alpine region of Upper Carniola (Oberkrain).",
"level": "sub-4",
"parent": "Alpine Folk Music"
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"name": "Naturjodel",
"url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/naturjodel/",
"description": "Originated in Toggenburg and Appenzell in Switzerland; deep vocal range, relaxed voice, free tempo, polyphony, elongated notes, improvisation, glissando, and use of syllabic sounds.",
"level": "sub-4",
"parent": "Alpine Folk Music"
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"name": "Naturjodel",
"url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/naturjodel/",
"description": "Originated in Toggenburg and Appenzell in Switzerland; deep vocal range, relaxed voice, free tempo, polyphony, elongated notes, improvisation, glissando, and use of syllabic sounds.",
"level": "sub-4",
"parent": "Alpine Folk Music"
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{
"name": "Naturjodel",
"url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/naturjodel/",
"description": "Originated in Toggenburg and Appenzell in Switzerland; deep vocal range, relaxed voice, free tempo, polyphony, elongated notes, improvisation, glissando, and use of syllabic sounds.",
"level": "sub-4",
"parent": "Alpine Folk Music"
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"description": "Arose in the 1980s and 1990s, performed by artists with roots in Alternative Rock and Indie Rock who were disconnected from the mainstream Country industry.",
"url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/alt-country/",
"parent": "Country",
"level": "sub",
"children_count": 2,
"children": [
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"name": "Gothic Country",
"url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/gothic-country/",
"description": "Evokes the Southern Gothic literary genre through morbid lyrical themes and melancholic sounds that emphasize its American Folk Music and Post-Punk influences.",
"level": "sub-2",
"parent": "Alt-Country"
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"name": "Gothic Country",
"url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/gothic-country/",
"description": "Evokes the Southern Gothic literary genre through morbid lyrical themes and melancholic sounds that emphasize its American Folk Music and Post-Punk influences.",
"level": "sub-4",
"parent": "Alt-Country"
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"name": "Alternative Dance",
"description": "Incorporates rhythms and synthesizers from Electronic Dance Music within the context of Alternative Rock and related styles; predominantly popular in the 1990s.",
"url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/alternative-dance/",
"parent": "Dance",
"level": "sub",
"children_count": 4,
"children": [
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"name": "Grebo",
"url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/grebo/",
"description": "Short-lived English subculture and associated music; raw, futuristic, sample-heavy form of Alternative Dance with a dirty guitar sound.",
"level": "sub-2",
"parent": "Alternative Dance"
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{
"name": "Grebo",
"url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/grebo/",
"description": "Short-lived English subculture and associated music; raw, futuristic, sample-heavy form of Alternative Dance with a dirty guitar sound.",
"level": "sub-3",
"parent": "Alternative Dance"
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{
"name": "New Rave",
"url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/new-rave/",
"description": "High energy mid-2000s style combining the tight and punchy grooves of Dance-Punk Revival with synths and four-on-the-floor rhythms from genres like Electroclash and Electro House.",
"level": "sub-2",
"parent": "Alternative Dance"
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"name": "New Rave",
"url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/new-rave/",
"description": "High energy mid-2000s style combining the tight and punchy grooves of Dance-Punk Revival with synths and four-on-the-floor rhythms from genres like Electroclash and Electro House.",
"level": "sub-3",
"parent": "Alternative Dance"
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"name": "Alternative Metal",
"description": "Mid-tempo style emphasizing melodicism and rhythmic heaviness; branches outside of the stylistic conventions of Metal.",
"url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/alternative-metal/",
"parent": "Metal",
"level": "sub",
"children_count": 8,
"children": [
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"name": "Funk Metal",
"url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/funk-metal/",
"description": "Melds Funk Rock grooves with slap basslines and metallic guitarwork.",
"level": "sub-2",
"parent": "Alternative Metal"
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"name": "Funk Metal",
"url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/funk-metal/",
"description": "Melds Funk Rock grooves with slap basslines and metallic guitarwork.",
"level": "sub-3",
"parent": "Alternative Metal"
},
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"name": "Neue Deutsche Härte",
"url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/neue-deutsche-harte/",
"description": "Alternative Metal and Industrial Metal that incorporates various aspects of electronic music, specifically Electronic Dance Music.",
"level": "sub-2",
"parent": "Alternative Metal"
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"name": "Neue Deutsche Härte",
"url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/neue-deutsche-harte/",
"description": "Alternative Metal and Industrial Metal that incorporates various aspects of electronic music, specifically Electronic Dance Music.",
"level": "sub-3",
"parent": "Alternative Metal"
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"name": "Nu Metal",
"url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/nu-metal/",
"description": "Emphasizes bouncy, drop-tuned riffs, alternating vocal styles, and genre-bending, often incorporating Hip Hop and Funk Metal elements.",
"level": "sub-2",
"parent": "Alternative Metal"
},
{
"name": "Nu Metal",
"url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/nu-metal/",
"description": "Emphasizes bouncy, drop-tuned riffs, alternating vocal styles, and genre-bending, often incorporating Hip Hop and Funk Metal elements.",
"level": "sub-3",
"parent": "Alternative Metal"
},
{
"name": "Rap Metal",
"url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/rap-metal/",
"description": "Features rapped vocals, typically formed around heavy, mid-tempo, and groove-oriented playing in addition to elements of Hip Hop beats such as record scratching.",
"level": "sub-2",
"parent": "Alternative Metal"
},
{
"name": "Rap Metal",
"url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/rap-metal/",
"description": "Features rapped vocals, typically formed around heavy, mid-tempo, and groove-oriented playing in addition to elements of Hip Hop beats such as record scratching.",
"level": "sub-3",
"parent": "Alternative Metal"
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"name": "Alternative Rock",
"description": "Performed with a less commercial sensibility, utilizing more eccentric, Punk-influenced sounds, moodier or quirkier lyricism, and sometimes ample amounts of distortion, often paired with Pop-influenced songwriting.",
"url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/alternative-rock/",
"parent": "Rock",
"level": "sub",
"children_count": 13,
"children": [
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"name": "Alternative Dance",
"url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/alternative-dance/",
"description": "Incorporates rhythms and synthesizers from Electronic Dance Music within the context of Alternative Rock and related styles; predominantly popular in the 1990s.",
"level": "sub-2",
"parent": "Alternative Rock"
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"name": "Britpop",
"url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/britpop/",
"description": "Emerged in the United Kingdom in the early 1990s, with a style hearkening back to the traditional guitar-driven songs and melodic hooks found in the British Pop Rock of the 1960s.",
"level": "sub-2",
"parent": "Alternative Rock"
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{
"name": "Dream Pop",
"url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/dream-pop/",
"description": "Reverberated guitars, effects-laden vocals, and dense productions, creating a psychedelic, spacious, and dreamlike sound.",
"level": "sub-2",
"parent": "Alternative Rock"
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{
"name": "Emo-Pop",
"url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/emo-pop/",
"description": "Mainstream derivative of Emo, puts more emphasis on the poppy sensibilities of Alternative Rock and Pop Punk.",
"level": "sub-2",
"parent": "Alternative Rock"
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{
"name": "Geek Rock",
"url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/geek-rock/",
"description": "Emphasizes a nerdy aesthetic, incorporating synthesizers and other instrumentation less common in Alternative Rock alongside quirky Pop-oriented songwriting and dense, witty lyricism on unconventional topics.",
"level": "sub-2",
"parent": "Alternative Rock"
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{
"name": "Grunge",
"url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/grunge/",
"description": "Mixes Punk and Metal sensibilities into a mid-tempo approach featuring a heavy, \"sludgy\" guitar sound, \"raspy\" vocals and angsty lyricism.",
"level": "sub-2",
"parent": "Alternative Rock"
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{
"name": "Indie Rock",
"url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/indie-rock/",
"description": "Associated with a less mainstream-oriented and a DIY approach while often dabbling in Pop-informed melodic songwriting, eclecticism, and adopting an \"authentic\" or raw style.",
"level": "sub-2",
"parent": "Alternative Rock"
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{
"name": "Jangle Pop",
"url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/jangle-pop/",
"description": "Treble-heavy guitars with arpeggiated melodies, distinct basslines, and often propulsive, repetitive strum-rhythms; frequently influenced by Post-Punk.",
"level": "sub-2",
"parent": "Alternative Rock"
},
{
"name": "Mall Screamo",
"url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/mall-screamo/",
"description": "Heavy instrumentation, melodic verse-chorus songwriting, and expressive singing contrasted with screaming vocals.",
"level": "sub-2",
"parent": "Alternative Rock"
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{
"name": "Post-Britpop",
"url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/post-britpop/",
"description": "Emerged in the late 1990s as a Britpop expansion mainly characterized by acoustic-leaning instrumentation, lush string arrangements, and mid-tempo song structures, as well as less apparent lyrical concerns for Britain in favor of introspective, contemplative themes.",
"level": "sub-2",
"parent": "Alternative Rock"
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{
"name": "Post-Grunge",
"url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/post-grunge/",
"description": "Streamlined derivative of Grunge mixing crunchy guitar riffs with more accessible, hook-based structures.",
"level": "sub-2",
"parent": "Alternative Rock"
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{
"name": "Shimokita-kei",
"url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/shimokita-kei/",
"description": "Japanese style closely related to the Shimokitazawa indie scene, featuring Pop-informed songwriting, melodic guitar leads, expressive vocals, and often loud, prominent overdriven guitars.",
"level": "sub-2",
"parent": "Alternative Rock"
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{
"name": "Shoegaze",
"url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/shoegaze/",
"description": "Dense, noisy, and ethereal washes of sound primarily created with electric guitars and heavy use of effects pedals, such as fuzz, reverb, chorus, and delay, with vocals serving as a dreamy, usually unintelligible melodic layer.",
"level": "sub-2",
"parent": "Alternative Rock"
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"name": "Amapiano",
"description": "House from South Africa deriving from previous popular genres including Gqom, Kwaito, and Deep House.",
"url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/amapiano/",
"parent": "House",
"level": "sub-3",
"children_count": 3,
"children": [
{
"name": "Afropiano",
"url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/afropiano/",
"description": "Blends the easy-going, poppy, and melodic Afrobeats sound and rhythms with major Amapiano elements, like lush, jazzy, and laid-back atmospheres often featuring light piano chords.",
"level": "sub-4",
"parent": "Amapiano"
},
{
"name": "Afropiano",
"url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/afropiano/",
"description": "Blends the easy-going, poppy, and melodic Afrobeats sound and rhythms with major Amapiano elements, like lush, jazzy, and laid-back atmospheres often featuring light piano chords.",
"level": "sub-4",
"parent": "Amapiano"
},
{
"name": "Afropiano",
"url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/afropiano/",
"description": "Blends the easy-going, poppy, and melodic Afrobeats sound and rhythms with major Amapiano elements, like lush, jazzy, and laid-back atmospheres often featuring light piano chords.",
"level": "sub-4",
"parent": "Amapiano"
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"name": "Amazigh Music",
"description": "Music of the Amazigh people, the indigenous people of Northwest Africa (with main hubs in Morocco and Algeria) and certain parts of West Africa.",
"url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/amazigh-music/",
"parent": "North African Music",
"level": "sub-3",
"children_count": 6,
"children": [
{
"name": "Ahwash",
"url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/ahwash/",
"description": "Associated with the Tashelhit-speaking peoples of southern and central Morocco, and performed in large groups, combining singing, poetry and drumming.",
"level": "sub-4",
"parent": "Amazigh Music"
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{
"name": "Izlan",
"url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/izlan/",
"description": "Uses sung poetry with a focus on love themes.",
"level": "sub-4",
"parent": "Amazigh Music"
},
{
"name": "Kabyle Music",
"url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/kabyle-music/",
"description": "Music of the Kabyle Amazigh people.",
"level": "sub-4",
"parent": "Amazigh Music"
},
{
"name": "Sahrawi Music",
"url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/sahrawi-music/",
"description": "Music of the Sahrawi people, an ethnic group who inhabit the westernmost areas of the Sahara Desert.",
"level": "sub-4",
"parent": "Amazigh Music"
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{
"name": "Staïfi",
"url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/staifi/",
"description": "Festive Chaoui genre that mixes local rural music with the zendali rhythm and modern instruments.",
"level": "sub-4",
"parent": "Amazigh Music"
},
{
"name": "Tuareg Music",
"url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/tuareg-music/",
"description": "Amazigh Music by the nomadic Tuareg people who live through the Saharan desert in North Africa, encompassing various types of traditions and popular styles.",
"level": "sub-4",
"parent": "Amazigh Music"
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"name": "American Folk Music",
"description": "Traces back through the history of European and West African settlement and migration to North America, including parts of northern Mexico and Canada in addition to the United States.",
"url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/american-folk-music/",
"parent": "Traditional Folk Music",
"level": "sub-2",
"children_count": 36,
"children": [
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"name": "Appalachian Folk Music",
"url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/appalachian-folk-music/",
"description": "Folk of the Appalachian Mountains in the Eastern United States.",
"level": "sub-3",
"parent": "American Folk Music"
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{
"name": "Appalachian Folk Music",
"url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/appalachian-folk-music/",
"description": "Folk of the Appalachian Mountains in the Eastern United States.",
"level": "sub-3",
"parent": "American Folk Music"
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{
"name": "Appalachian Folk Music",
"url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/appalachian-folk-music/",
"description": "Folk of the Appalachian Mountains in the Eastern United States.",
"level": "sub-3",
"parent": "American Folk Music"
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{
"name": "Country Blues",
"url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/country-blues/",
"description": "Various styles of Blues originating in the rural US South, typically relying on expressive vocal delivery and featuring simple, usually acoustic instrumentation.",
"level": "sub-3",
"parent": "American Folk Music"
},
{
"name": "Country Blues",
"url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/country-blues/",
"description": "Various styles of Blues originating in the rural US South, typically relying on expressive vocal delivery and featuring simple, usually acoustic instrumentation.",
"level": "sub-3",
"parent": "American Folk Music"
},
{
"name": "Country Blues",
"url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/country-blues/",
"description": "Various styles of Blues originating in the rural US South, typically relying on expressive vocal delivery and featuring simple, usually acoustic instrumentation.",
"level": "sub-3",
"parent": "American Folk Music"
},
{
"name": "Field Hollers",
"url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/field-hollers/",
"description": "Created by African-American slaves working on cotton plantations, featuring expressive vocals to no strict rhythm.",
"level": "sub-3",
"parent": "American Folk Music"
},
{
"name": "Field Hollers",
"url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/field-hollers/",
"description": "Created by African-American slaves working on cotton plantations, featuring expressive vocals to no strict rhythm.",
"level": "sub-3",
"parent": "American Folk Music"
},
{
"name": "Field Hollers",
"url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/field-hollers/",
"description": "Created by African-American slaves working on cotton plantations, featuring expressive vocals to no strict rhythm.",
"level": "sub-3",
"parent": "American Folk Music"
},
{
"name": "Fife and Drum Blues",
"url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/fife-and-drum-blues/",
"description": "Rooted in martial Fife and Drum Corps music, originated among Afro-American communities in Mississippi.",
"level": "sub-3",
"parent": "American Folk Music"
},
{
"name": "Fife and Drum Blues",
"url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/fife-and-drum-blues/",
"description": "Rooted in martial Fife and Drum Corps music, originated among Afro-American communities in Mississippi.",
"level": "sub-3",
"parent": "American Folk Music"
},
{
"name": "Fife and Drum Blues",
"url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/fife-and-drum-blues/",
"description": "Rooted in martial Fife and Drum Corps music, originated among Afro-American communities in Mississippi.",
"level": "sub-3",
"parent": "American Folk Music"
},
{
"name": "Jug Band",
"url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/jug-band/",
"description": "Usually features a jug as the bass instrument as well as other homemade (or easily affordable) instruments, such as kazoos and washboards.",
"level": "sub-3",
"parent": "American Folk Music"
},
{
"name": "Jug Band",
"url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/jug-band/",
"description": "Usually features a jug as the bass instrument as well as other homemade (or easily affordable) instruments, such as kazoos and washboards.",
"level": "sub-3",
"parent": "American Folk Music"
},
{
"name": "Jug Band",
"url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/jug-band/",
"description": "Usually features a jug as the bass instrument as well as other homemade (or easily affordable) instruments, such as kazoos and washboards.",
"level": "sub-3",
"parent": "American Folk Music"
},
{
"name": "Ring Shout",
"url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/ring-shout/",
"description": "Ritual practiced by African-Americans in the US South, characterized by shouting, chanting and people dancing in a circle while praying and clapping.",
"level": "sub-3",
"parent": "American Folk Music"
},
{
"name": "Ring Shout",
"url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/ring-shout/",
"description": "Ritual practiced by African-Americans in the US South, characterized by shouting, chanting and people dancing in a circle while praying and clapping.",
"level": "sub-3",
"parent": "American Folk Music"
},
{
"name": "Ring Shout",
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"description": "Ritual practiced by African-Americans in the US South, characterized by shouting, chanting and people dancing in a circle while praying and clapping.",
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"name": "Sacred Harp Singing",
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"description": "Predominantly 19th-century English hymns with tunes derived from old folk melodies.",
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"parent": "American Folk Music"
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"name": "Sacred Harp Singing",
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"description": "Predominantly 19th-century English hymns with tunes derived from old folk melodies.",
"level": "sub-3",
"parent": "American Folk Music"
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{
"name": "Sacred Harp Singing",
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"description": "Predominantly 19th-century English hymns with tunes derived from old folk melodies.",
"level": "sub-3",
"parent": "American Folk Music"
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"name": "Spirituals",
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"description": "Predecessor to Gospel that began as unaccompanied singing by American slaves; shares some of the characteristics of Work Song.",
"level": "sub-3",
"parent": "American Folk Music"
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"name": "Spirituals",
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"description": "Predecessor to Gospel that began as unaccompanied singing by American slaves; shares some of the characteristics of Work Song.",
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"parent": "American Folk Music"
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"name": "Spirituals",
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"description": "Predecessor to Gospel that began as unaccompanied singing by American slaves; shares some of the characteristics of Work Song.",
"level": "sub-3",
"parent": "American Folk Music"
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"name": "Talking Blues",
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"description": "American Folk Music with spoken or nearly spoken vocals; often features dry humor and social commentary.",
"level": "sub-3",
"parent": "American Folk Music"
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"name": "Talking Blues",
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"description": "American Folk Music with spoken or nearly spoken vocals; often features dry humor and social commentary.",
"level": "sub-3",
"parent": "American Folk Music"
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"name": "Talking Blues",
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"description": "American Folk Music with spoken or nearly spoken vocals; often features dry humor and social commentary.",
"level": "sub-3",
"parent": "American Folk Music"
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"name": "Traditional Black Gospel",
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"description": "Born out of Spirituals in the early 20th century with influence from Southern Gospel and Blues, often featuring passionate or energetic vocal performances, motifs of salvation, and testaments of hardship.",
"level": "sub-3",
"parent": "American Folk Music"
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"name": "Traditional Black Gospel",
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"description": "Born out of Spirituals in the early 20th century with influence from Southern Gospel and Blues, often featuring passionate or energetic vocal performances, motifs of salvation, and testaments of hardship.",
"level": "sub-3",
"parent": "American Folk Music"
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"name": "Traditional Black Gospel",
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"description": "Born out of Spirituals in the early 20th century with influence from Southern Gospel and Blues, often featuring passionate or energetic vocal performances, motifs of salvation, and testaments of hardship.",
"level": "sub-3",
"parent": "American Folk Music"
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"name": "Traditional Cajun Music",
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"description": "Earliest and most \"pure\" form of Cajun Music, employing basic rhythms and frequent fiddle double stops.",
"level": "sub-3",
"parent": "American Folk Music"
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"name": "Traditional Cajun Music",
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"description": "Earliest and most \"pure\" form of Cajun Music, employing basic rhythms and frequent fiddle double stops.",
"level": "sub-3",
"parent": "American Folk Music"
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"name": "Traditional Cajun Music",
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"description": "Earliest and most \"pure\" form of Cajun Music, employing basic rhythms and frequent fiddle double stops.",
"level": "sub-3",
"parent": "American Folk Music"
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"name": "Traditional Country",
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"description": "Closely aligned with American Folk Music and Blues roots, from country's inception in Appalachia and the American South until the popularity of Honky Tonk and Country Pop in the 1950s.",
"level": "sub-3",
"parent": "American Folk Music"
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"name": "Traditional Country",
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"description": "Closely aligned with American Folk Music and Blues roots, from country's inception in Appalachia and the American South until the popularity of Honky Tonk and Country Pop in the 1950s.",
"level": "sub-3",
"parent": "American Folk Music"
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"name": "Traditional Country",
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"description": "Closely aligned with American Folk Music and Blues roots, from country's inception in Appalachia and the American South until the popularity of Honky Tonk and Country Pop in the 1950s.",
"level": "sub-3",
"parent": "American Folk Music"
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"url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/ancient-music/",
"parent": "Regional Music",
"level": "sub",
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"name": "Ancient Chinese Music",
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"description": "Covers a very large era of creation from approximately 2100 BCE to 200 CE.",
"level": "sub-2",
"parent": "Ancient Music"
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"name": "Ancient Egyptian Music",
"url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/ancient-egyptian-music/",
"description": "Music of ancient Egyptian civilization.",
"level": "sub-2",
"parent": "Ancient Music"
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"name": "Ancient Greek Music",
"url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/ancient-greek-music/",
"description": "Music of ancient Greek civilization.",
"level": "sub-2",
"parent": "Ancient Music"
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"name": "Ancient Levitical Music",
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"description": "Reconstruction of Jerusalem temple music.",
"level": "sub-2",
"parent": "Ancient Music"
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"name": "Ancient Roman Music",
"url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/ancient-roman-music/",
"description": "Music of ancient Roman civilization.",
"level": "sub-2",
"parent": "Ancient Music"
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{
"name": "Hyang-ak",
"url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/hyang-ak/",
"description": "One of the most common and oldest surviving forms of Korean court music.",
"level": "sub-2",
"parent": "Ancient Music"
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"name": "Mesopotamian Music",
"url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/mesopotamian-music/",
"description": "Music of Mesopotamia, a historical region situated in West Asia within the Tigris–Euphrates river system, comprises the heritage of Sumerians and Akkadians.",
"level": "sub-2",
"parent": "Ancient Music"
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"name": "Animal Sounds",
"description": "Recordings which are done in order to capture sounds produced by animals.",
"url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/animal-sounds/",
"parent": "Nature Recordings",
"level": "sub-2",
"children_count": 3,
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"name": "Bird Sounds",
"url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/bird-sounds/",
"description": "Recordings of birds, including vocalizations (songs and calls) and mechanical sounds produced by bills, wings, or feathers.",
"level": "sub-3",
"parent": "Animal Sounds"
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"name": "Insect Sounds",
"url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/insect-sounds/",
"description": "Recordings that capture the sounds produced by insects.",
"level": "sub-3",
"parent": "Animal Sounds"
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{
"name": "Whale Song",
"url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/whale-song/",
"description": "Low-frequency, complex vocalizations produced by baleen whales.",
"level": "sub-3",
"parent": "Animal Sounds"
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"name": "Appalachian Folk Music",
"description": "Folk of the Appalachian Mountains in the Eastern United States.",
"url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/appalachian-folk-music/",
"parent": "American Folk Music",
"level": "sub-3",
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"name": "Old-Time",
"url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/old-time/",
"description": "Pre-Bluegrass North American string band styles, particularly those rooted in Appalachian Folk Music.",
"level": "sub-4",
"parent": "Appalachian Folk Music"
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"name": "Old-Time",
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"description": "Pre-Bluegrass North American string band styles, particularly those rooted in Appalachian Folk Music.",
"level": "sub-4",
"parent": "Appalachian Folk Music"
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"name": "Old-Time",
"url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/old-time/",
"description": "Pre-Bluegrass North American string band styles, particularly those rooted in Appalachian Folk Music.",
"level": "sub-4",
"parent": "Appalachian Folk Music"
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"name": "Arabic Bellydance Music",
"description": "Accompaniment to traditional belly dances.",
"url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/arabic-bellydance-music/",
"parent": "Arabic Folk Music",
"level": "sub-3",
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"name": "Raqs baladi",
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"description": "Egyptian folk dance and its associated musical accompaniment, appearing in the 20th century.",
"level": "sub-4",
"parent": "Arabic Bellydance Music"
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"name": "Raqs baladi",
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"description": "Egyptian folk dance and its associated musical accompaniment, appearing in the 20th century.",
"level": "sub-4",
"parent": "Arabic Bellydance Music"
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"name": "Raqs baladi",
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"description": "Egyptian folk dance and its associated musical accompaniment, appearing in the 20th century.",
"level": "sub-4",
"parent": "Arabic Bellydance Music"
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"name": "Arabic Classical Music",
"description": "Arabic Classical Music tradition, whose guidelines for modulation, rhythm, and tuning were set down in treatises in the 8th and 9th centuries, based around Maqāmic Music.",
"url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/arabic-classical-music/",
"parent": "Maqāmic Music",
"level": "sub-2",
"children_count": 9,
"children": [
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"name": "Andalusian Classical Music",
"url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/andalusian-classical-music/",
"description": "Arabic Classical Music tradition that had its beginnings in Al-Andalus, the medieval Islamic Iberian peninsula, which later spread and developed in the Maghreb.",
"level": "sub-3",
"parent": "Arabic Classical Music"
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"name": "Andalusian Classical Music",
"url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/andalusian-classical-music/",
"description": "Arabic Classical Music tradition that had its beginnings in Al-Andalus, the medieval Islamic Iberian peninsula, which later spread and developed in the Maghreb.",
"level": "sub-3",
"parent": "Arabic Classical Music"
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{
"name": "Andalusian Classical Music",
"url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/andalusian-classical-music/",
"description": "Arabic Classical Music tradition that had its beginnings in Al-Andalus, the medieval Islamic Iberian peninsula, which later spread and developed in the Maghreb.",
"level": "sub-3",
"parent": "Arabic Classical Music"
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{
"name": "Iraqi Maqam",
"url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/iraqi-maqam/",
"description": "Highly structured but semi-improvised and rhythmically complex compositions built around set structures which consist of specific maqam modes.",
"level": "sub-3",
"parent": "Arabic Classical Music"
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"name": "Iraqi Maqam",
"url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/iraqi-maqam/",
"description": "Highly structured but semi-improvised and rhythmically complex compositions built around set structures which consist of specific maqam modes.",
"level": "sub-3",
"parent": "Arabic Classical Music"
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"name": "Iraqi Maqam",
"url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/iraqi-maqam/",
"description": "Highly structured but semi-improvised and rhythmically complex compositions built around set structures which consist of specific maqam modes.",
"level": "sub-3",
"parent": "Arabic Classical Music"
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{
"name": "Sawt",
"url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/sawt/",
"description": "Poetic vocal form with complex rhythms, emotive singing, and distinctive lute-backed melodies commonly found in the Gulf region and based on a maqam system.",
"level": "sub-3",
"parent": "Arabic Classical Music"
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{
"name": "Sawt",
"url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/sawt/",
"description": "Poetic vocal form with complex rhythms, emotive singing, and distinctive lute-backed melodies commonly found in the Gulf region and based on a maqam system.",
"level": "sub-3",
"parent": "Arabic Classical Music"
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{
"name": "Sawt",
"url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/sawt/",
"description": "Poetic vocal form with complex rhythms, emotive singing, and distinctive lute-backed melodies commonly found in the Gulf region and based on a maqam system.",
"level": "sub-3",
"parent": "Arabic Classical Music"
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"name": "Arabic Folk Music",
"description": "Traditional Folk Music of the Arabic people.",
"url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/arabic-folk-music/",
"parent": "Traditional Folk Music",
"level": "sub-2",
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"children": [
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"name": "Aita",
"url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/aita/",
"description": "Arabic Folk Music from rural Morocco with piercing singing, scratchy viola, and rollicking hand drums.",
"level": "sub-3",
"parent": "Arabic Folk Music"
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"name": "Aita",
"url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/aita/",
"description": "Arabic Folk Music from rural Morocco with piercing singing, scratchy viola, and rollicking hand drums.",
"level": "sub-3",
"parent": "Arabic Folk Music"
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{
"name": "Aita",
"url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/aita/",
"description": "Arabic Folk Music from rural Morocco with piercing singing, scratchy viola, and rollicking hand drums.",
"level": "sub-3",
"parent": "Arabic Folk Music"
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"name": "Arabic Bellydance Music",
"url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/arabic-bellydance-music/",
"description": "Accompaniment to traditional belly dances.",
"level": "sub-3",
"parent": "Arabic Folk Music"
},
{
"name": "Arabic Bellydance Music",
"url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/arabic-bellydance-music/",
"description": "Accompaniment to traditional belly dances.",
"level": "sub-3",
"parent": "Arabic Folk Music"
},
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"name": "Arabic Bellydance Music",
"url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/arabic-bellydance-music/",
"description": "Accompaniment to traditional belly dances.",
"level": "sub-3",
"parent": "Arabic Folk Music"
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{
"name": "Ayyalah",
"url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/ayyalah/",
"description": "Traditional Khaliji-Bedouin weapon performance, commonly found across the United Arab Emirates and Northwestern Oman.",
"level": "sub-3",
"parent": "Arabic Folk Music"
},
{
"name": "Ayyalah",
"url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/ayyalah/",
"description": "Traditional Khaliji-Bedouin weapon performance, commonly found across the United Arab Emirates and Northwestern Oman.",
"level": "sub-3",
"parent": "Arabic Folk Music"
},
{
"name": "Ayyalah",
"url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/ayyalah/",
"description": "Traditional Khaliji-Bedouin weapon performance, commonly found across the United Arab Emirates and Northwestern Oman.",
"level": "sub-3",
"parent": "Arabic Folk Music"
},
{
"name": "Fijiri",
"url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/fijiri/",
"description": "Deeply rooted in the Persian Gulf pearl diving culture, and sung during weekly gatherings combining solo and choral sections with minimal percussion.",
"level": "sub-3",
"parent": "Arabic Folk Music"
},
{
"name": "Fijiri",
"url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/fijiri/",
"description": "Deeply rooted in the Persian Gulf pearl diving culture, and sung during weekly gatherings combining solo and choral sections with minimal percussion.",
"level": "sub-3",
"parent": "Arabic Folk Music"
},
{
"name": "Fijiri",
"url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/fijiri/",
"description": "Deeply rooted in the Persian Gulf pearl diving culture, and sung during weekly gatherings combining solo and choral sections with minimal percussion.",
"level": "sub-3",
"parent": "Arabic Folk Music"
},
{
"name": "Liwa",
"url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/liwa/",
"description": "Traditional Khaliji performance with East African Music roots centered around the mizmar and traditional drums, typically sung in Khaliji Arabic and Swahili.",
"level": "sub-3",
"parent": "Arabic Folk Music"
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{
"name": "Liwa",
"url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/liwa/",
"description": "Traditional Khaliji performance with East African Music roots centered around the mizmar and traditional drums, typically sung in Khaliji Arabic and Swahili.",
"level": "sub-3",
"parent": "Arabic Folk Music"
},
{
"name": "Liwa",
"url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/liwa/",
"description": "Traditional Khaliji performance with East African Music roots centered around the mizmar and traditional drums, typically sung in Khaliji Arabic and Swahili.",
"level": "sub-3",
"parent": "Arabic Folk Music"
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{
"name": "Nuban",
"url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/nuban/",
"description": "Traditional Afro-Emirati Folk performance of Nuban origin most commonly performed in the emirate of Dubai.",
"level": "sub-3",
"parent": "Arabic Folk Music"
},
{
"name": "Nuban",
"url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/nuban/",
"description": "Traditional Afro-Emirati Folk performance of Nuban origin most commonly performed in the emirate of Dubai.",
"level": "sub-3",
"parent": "Arabic Folk Music"
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{
"name": "Nuban",
"url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/nuban/",
"description": "Traditional Afro-Emirati Folk performance of Nuban origin most commonly performed in the emirate of Dubai.",
"level": "sub-3",
"parent": "Arabic Folk Music"
},
{
"name": "Sa'idi",
"url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/saidi/",
"description": "Traditional folkloric performance and form of Arabic Folk Music originating from Upper Egypt.",
"level": "sub-3",
"parent": "Arabic Folk Music"
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"name": "Sa'idi",
"url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/saidi/",
"description": "Traditional folkloric performance and form of Arabic Folk Music originating from Upper Egypt.",
"level": "sub-3",
"parent": "Arabic Folk Music"
},
{
"name": "Sa'idi",
"url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/saidi/",
"description": "Traditional folkloric performance and form of Arabic Folk Music originating from Upper Egypt.",
"level": "sub-3",
"parent": "Arabic Folk Music"
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"name": "Arabic Music",
"description": "Originating with and primarily performed by the Arab people.",
"url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/arabic-music/",
"parent": "Regional Music",
"level": "sub",
"children_count": 13,
"children": [
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"name": "Al-Jadīd",
"url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/al-jadid/",
"description": "Modern Arabic music that emerged in the mid-20th century, blending traditional Arabic modes and vocal styles with Western harmonic, orchestral, and structural elements.",
"level": "sub-2",
"parent": "Arabic Music"
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{
"name": "Algerian Chaabi",
"url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/algerian-chaabi/",
"description": "Features mournful vocals over an orchestral setting of violins, mandolins, pianos, and percussion.",
"level": "sub-2",
"parent": "Arabic Music"
},
{
"name": "Arabic Classical Music",
"url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/arabic-classical-music/",
"description": "Arabic Classical Music tradition, whose guidelines for modulation, rhythm, and tuning were set down in treatises in the 8th and 9th centuries, based around Maqāmic Music.",
"level": "sub-2",
"parent": "Arabic Music"
},
{
"name": "Arabic Folk Music",
"url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/arabic-folk-music/",
"description": "Traditional Folk Music of the Arabic people.",
"level": "sub-2",
"parent": "Arabic Music"
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{
"name": "Arabic Jazz",
"url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/arabic-jazz/",
"description": "Blending of Arabic Music and Jazz.",
"level": "sub-2",
"parent": "Arabic Music"
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{
"name": "Arabic Pop",
"url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/arabic-pop/",
"description": "Synthesis of Arabic Music with Western Pop melodies, almost always sung in Arabic and typically performed with Arabic instruments, alongside some Western instruments like the guitar.",
"level": "sub-2",
"parent": "Arabic Music"
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{
"name": "Bedouin Music",
"url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/bedouin-music/",
"description": "Music made by the Bedouin, nomadic Arab tribes that have historically inhabited desert regions all across the Arab world.",
"level": "sub-2",
"parent": "Arabic Music"
},
{
"name": "Khaliji Music",
"url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/khaliji-music/",
"description": "Musical traditions of Eastern Arabia and the Persian Gulf region, roughly covering the Arabic-speaking people of the modern countries of the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Kuwait, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Oman, Iraq, and Iran.",
"level": "sub-2",
"parent": "Arabic Music"
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{
"name": "Levantine Arabic Music",
"url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/levantine-arabic-music/",
"description": "The musical traditions of the Levantine Arabs, roughly covering the Arabic people of the modern countries of Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Palestine, and Syria.",
"level": "sub-2",
"parent": "Arabic Music"
},
{
"name": "Orkes gambus",
"url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/orkes-gambus/",
"description": "Indonesian songs based on Arabic hits, adapted for a small ensemble featuring the gambus lute, percussion, and electric instruments.",
"level": "sub-2",
"parent": "Arabic Music"
},
{
"name": "Raï",
"url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/rai/",
"description": "Originated in Algeria in the 1920s as a form of Bedouin Music, blending influences from various rural and urban genres.",
"level": "sub-2",
"parent": "Arabic Music"
},
{
"name": "Shaabi",
"url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/shaabi/",
"description": "Developed in Egypt during the early 1970s, typically created by and for the urban working class with witty lyrics that reflect this.",
"level": "sub-2",
"parent": "Arabic Music"
},
{
"name": "Zajal",
"url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/zajal/",
"description": "Style of recited poetry found across the Arab world, notably written in colloquial dialects.",
"level": "sub-2",
"parent": "Arabic Music"
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"description": "Synthesis of Arabic Music with Western Pop melodies, almost always sung in Arabic and typically performed with Arabic instruments, alongside some Western instruments like the guitar.",
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"parent": "Pop",
"level": "sub",
"children_count": 4,
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"name": "Al jeel",
"url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/al-jeel/",
"description": "Emerged in the 1970s as an alternative to Shaabi, taking influence from foreign Pop and incorporating rhythms of Reggae while retaining a distinctly Egyptian sound.",
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"parent": "Arabic Pop"
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"name": "Al jeel",
"url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/al-jeel/",
"description": "Emerged in the 1970s as an alternative to Shaabi, taking influence from foreign Pop and incorporating rhythms of Reggae while retaining a distinctly Egyptian sound.",
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"parent": "Arabic Pop"
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"name": "Mūsīqā lubnāniyya",
"url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/musiqa-lubnaniyya/",
"description": "Lebanese pop genre that emerged post-independence as a nationalist tradition distinct from Egyptian and Levantine music, blending local influences with western orchestration, peaking in Lebanon's 1957–1975 golden age through radio, cinema, and stage.",
"level": "sub-2",
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"name": "Mūsīqā lubnāniyya",
"url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/musiqa-lubnaniyya/",
"description": "Lebanese pop genre that emerged post-independence as a nationalist tradition distinct from Egyptian and Levantine music, blending local influences with western orchestration, peaking in Lebanon's 1957–1975 golden age through radio, cinema, and stage.",
"level": "sub-3",
"parent": "Arabic Pop"
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]
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"name": "Argentine Music",
"description": "Music developed by the Argentine people.",
"url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/argentine-music/",
"parent": "Hispanic American Music",
"level": "sub-3",
"children_count": 10,
"children": [
{
"name": "Cuarteto",
"url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/cuarteto/",
"description": "Originated in the Argentinian province of Córdoba, usually with an upbeat rhythm and originally performed with a four-piece band.",
"level": "sub-4",
"parent": "Argentine Music"
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"name": "Cuarteto",
"url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/cuarteto/",
"description": "Originated in the Argentinian province of Córdoba, usually with an upbeat rhythm and originally performed with a four-piece band.",
"level": "sub-3",
"parent": "Argentine Music"
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"name": "Cumbia argentina",
"url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/cumbia-argentina/",
"description": "Almost always features synthesizer keyboards and electronic percussion with an upbeat rhythm.",
"level": "sub-4",
"parent": "Argentine Music"
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"name": "Cumbia argentina",
"url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/cumbia-argentina/",
"description": "Almost always features synthesizer keyboards and electronic percussion with an upbeat rhythm.",
"level": "sub-3",
"parent": "Argentine Music"
},
{
"name": "Guaracha santiagueña",
"url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/guaracha-santiaguena/",
"description": "Fast, upbeat and danceable rhythm originated in the province of Santiago del Estero, Argentina as a fusion of Chacarera and Chamamé.",
"level": "sub-4",
"parent": "Argentine Music"
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{
"name": "Guaracha santiagueña",
"url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/guaracha-santiaguena/",
"description": "Fast, upbeat and danceable rhythm originated in the province of Santiago del Estero, Argentina as a fusion of Chacarera and Chamamé.",
"level": "sub-3",
"parent": "Argentine Music"
},
{
"name": "Nuevo Cancionero",
"url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/nuevo-cancionero/",
"description": "Musical-literary movement in Argentina that aimed to reevaluate and reinvigorate \"la música popular nativa\" (native popular music) and to be the voice of poor and marginalized Argentines.",
"level": "sub-4",
"parent": "Argentine Music"
},
{
"name": "Nuevo Cancionero",
"url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/nuevo-cancionero/",
"description": "Musical-literary movement in Argentina that aimed to reevaluate and reinvigorate \"la música popular nativa\" (native popular music) and to be the voice of poor and marginalized Argentines.",
"level": "sub-3",
"parent": "Argentine Music"
},
{
"name": "RKT",
"url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/rkt/",
"description": "Emerged in the early 2010s, characterized by minimalistic, rhythm-centric production heavily influenced by Cumbia villera and other Cumbia argentina styles.",
"level": "sub-4",
"parent": "Argentine Music"
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{
"name": "RKT",
"url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/rkt/",
"description": "Emerged in the early 2010s, characterized by minimalistic, rhythm-centric production heavily influenced by Cumbia villera and other Cumbia argentina styles.",
"level": "sub-3",
"parent": "Argentine Music"
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"name": "Armenian Folk Music",
"description": "Traditional Folk Music of the Armenians, which is attested in historic Armenia since antiquity, with unique regional dialects unified by general melodic structure.",
"url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/armenian-folk-music/",
"parent": "West Asian Folk Music",
"level": "sub-3",
"children_count": 4,
"children": [
{
"name": "Kef Music",
"url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/kef-music/",
"description": "Dance-oriented Armenian American music with prominent presence of Anatolian instruments and folkloric melodies (often in the 10/8 meter) paired with novel lyrics relating to a variety of topics.",
"level": "sub-4",
"parent": "Armenian Folk Music"
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"name": "Kef Music",
"url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/kef-music/",
"description": "Dance-oriented Armenian American music with prominent presence of Anatolian instruments and folkloric melodies (often in the 10/8 meter) paired with novel lyrics relating to a variety of topics.",
"level": "sub-5",
"parent": "Armenian Folk Music"
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"name": "Kef Music",
"url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/kef-music/",
"description": "Dance-oriented Armenian American music with prominent presence of Anatolian instruments and folkloric melodies (often in the 10/8 meter) paired with novel lyrics relating to a variety of topics.",
"level": "sub-5",
"parent": "Armenian Folk Music"
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{
"name": "Kef Music",
"url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/kef-music/",
"description": "Dance-oriented Armenian American music with prominent presence of Anatolian instruments and folkloric melodies (often in the 10/8 meter) paired with novel lyrics relating to a variety of topics.",
"level": "sub-4",
"parent": "Armenian Folk Music"
}
]
}{
"name": "Armenian Music",
"description": "Music of Armenia.",
"url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/armenian-music/",
"parent": "West Asian Music",
"level": "sub-3",
"children_count": 3,
"children": [
{
"name": "Armenian Church Music",
"url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/armenian-church-music/",
"description": "One of the oldest branches of Christian culture, this is the predominantly vocal music of the Armenian Apostolic Church.",
"level": "sub-4",
"parent": "Armenian Music"
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"name": "Armenian Folk Music",
"url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/armenian-folk-music/",
"description": "Traditional Folk Music of the Armenians, which is attested in historic Armenia since antiquity, with unique regional dialects unified by general melodic structure.",
"level": "sub-4",
"parent": "Armenian Music"
},
{
"name": "Rabiz",
"url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/rabiz/",
"description": "Elements of Armenian folk in its instrumentation, oftentimes incorporating influences from Arabic and other West Asian forms on a background of synthesizer arrangements.",
"level": "sub-4",
"parent": "Armenian Music"
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"name": "Art Punk",
"description": "Combines the stripped-down aggression of rudimentary Punk Rock with frequent experimentation ranging from instrumental interplay, noise, dissonance, and/or influences from other genres such as Jazz or Funk.",
"url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/art-punk/",
"parent": "Punk",
"level": "sub",
"children_count": 2,
"children": [
{
"name": "Egg Punk",
"url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/egg-punk/",
"description": "Originated in the early 2010s; features lo-fi production, eccentric lyrics, quick tempos, nasally vocals, and cheap keyboard sounds.",
"level": "sub-2",
"parent": "Art Punk"
},
{
"name": "Egg Punk",
"url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/egg-punk/",
"description": "Originated in the early 2010s; features lo-fi production, eccentric lyrics, quick tempos, nasally vocals, and cheap keyboard sounds.",
"level": "sub-2",
"parent": "Art Punk"
}
]
}{
"name": "Art Song",
"description": "Vocal music with text often set to Poetry, typically for single vocalist with instrumental accompaniment, distinguished by its design for concert recital and high artistic demands requiring classically trained musicians.",
"url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/art-song/",
"parent": "Western Classical Music",
"level": "sub-2",
"children_count": 4,
"children": [
{
"name": "Elizabethan Song",
"url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/elizabethan-song/",
"description": "Monophonic style developed in Renaissance England that is typically composed in strophic form for one to several vocalists with instrumental accompaniment ranging from solo lute to chamber ensemble.",
"level": "sub-3",
"parent": "Art Song"
},
{
"name": "Lied",
"url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/lied/",
"description": "Form of song arising from 19th century German Romanticism, usually for solo vocalist & piano with a text derived from poetry.",
"level": "sub-3",
"parent": "Art Song"
},
{
"name": "Mélodie",
"url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/melodie/",
"description": "French form typically with a greater emphasis on emotional restraint, refinement, subtlety, and concision.",
"level": "sub-3",
"parent": "Art Song"
},
{
"name": "Orchestral Song",
"url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/orchestral-song/",
"description": "Classical song for solo voice or voices with orchestral accompaniment.",
"level": "sub-3",
"parent": "Art Song"
}
]
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"name": "Ashkenazi Music",
"description": "Encompasses the various traditions and genres of the Ashkenazi Jews, an ethnoreligious group that was prominent and influential in Europe throughout most of the Middle Ages and the modern period.",
"url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/ashkenazi-music/",
"parent": "European Music",
"level": "sub-2",
"children_count": 6,
"children": [
{
"name": "Ashkenazi Cantorial Music",
"url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/ashkenazi-cantorial-music/",
"description": "Artistic, refined form of Chazzanut that greatly borrows from and implements elements of Western Classical Music and Christian Liturgical Music into the context of liturgical singing and chanting.",
"level": "sub-3",
"parent": "Ashkenazi Music"
},
{
"name": "Ashkenazi Cantorial Music",
"url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/ashkenazi-cantorial-music/",
"description": "Artistic, refined form of Chazzanut that greatly borrows from and implements elements of Western Classical Music and Christian Liturgical Music into the context of liturgical singing and chanting.",
"level": "sub-3",
"parent": "Ashkenazi Music"
},
{
"name": "Klezmer",
"url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/klezmer/",
"description": "Secular Ashkenazi Music traditionally used in ceremonies such as weddings and bar and bat mitzvahs.",
"level": "sub-3",
"parent": "Ashkenazi Music"
},
{
"name": "Klezmer",
"url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/klezmer/",
"description": "Secular Ashkenazi Music traditionally used in ceremonies such as weddings and bar and bat mitzvahs.",
"level": "sub-3",
"parent": "Ashkenazi Music"
},
{
"name": "Yiddish Folksong",
"url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/yiddish-folksong/",
"description": "Traditional folk developed in Ashkenazi Jewish communities, particularly those of Yiddish-speaking Eastern and Central Europe.",
"level": "sub-3",
"parent": "Ashkenazi Music"
},
{
"name": "Yiddish Folksong",
"url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/yiddish-folksong/",
"description": "Traditional folk developed in Ashkenazi Jewish communities, particularly those of Yiddish-speaking Eastern and Central Europe.",
"level": "sub-3",
"parent": "Ashkenazi Music"
}
]
}{
"name": "Asian Music",
"description": "Rooted in the traditions of Asian peoples.",
"url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/asian-music/",
"parent": "Regional Music",
"level": "sub",
"children_count": 8,
"children": [
{
"name": "Buddhist Music",
"url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/buddhist-music/",
"description": "Encompassing the various musical practices that have developed throughout Buddhist history and across the many regions Buddhism spread to.",
"level": "sub-2",
"parent": "Asian Music"
},
{
"name": "Central Asian Music",
"url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/central-asian-music/",
"description": "Music of the former Soviet Central Asian republics, Mongolia, Western China and related neighbouring peoples.",
"level": "sub-2",
"parent": "Asian Music"
},
{
"name": "East Asian Music",
"url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/east-asian-music/",
"description": "Covers the different forms of music with origins in Japan, Korea, China, Taiwan, and Vietnam.",
"level": "sub-2",
"parent": "Asian Music"
},
{
"name": "Ghazal",
"url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/ghazal/",
"description": "Developed in Arabia with further evolutions in Persia and the Indian subcontinent; based on rhyming couplets with intricate schemes and deal with romance, loss, and religion.",
"level": "sub-2",
"parent": "Asian Music"
},
{
"name": "North Asian Music",
"url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/north-asian-music/",
"description": "Music of the indigenous peoples of Siberia, the Russian Far East, and outlying islands.",
"level": "sub-2",
"parent": "Asian Music"
},
{
"name": "South Asian Music",
"url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/south-asian-music/",
"description": "Traditional and modern regional music of India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal, and Sri Lanka, which culturally have close connections.",
"level": "sub-2",
"parent": "Asian Music"
},
{
"name": "Southeast Asian Music",
"url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/southeast-asian-music/",
"description": "Geographic meta-parent that covers different forms with origins in Burma, Cambodia, Thailand, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, East Timor, Laos, Singapore, and Brunei.",
"level": "sub-2",
"parent": "Asian Music"
},
{
"name": "West Asian Music",
"url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/west-asian-music/",
"description": "Music of West Asia, a region covering most of what is commonly known as the Middle East but not extending into North Africa.",
"level": "sub-2",
"parent": "Asian Music"
}
]
}{
"name": "Atmospheric Black Metal",
"description": "Repetitive riffs and melodies, slower tempos, synthesized ambient textures, and guitar effects creating atmospheric soundscapes.",
"url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/atmospheric-black-metal/",
"parent": "Black Metal",
"level": "sub-2",
"children_count": 2,
"children": [
{
"name": "Blackgaze",
"url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/blackgaze/",
"description": "Fuses tremolo-picked riffing, intense drumming and harsh vocal techniques with mellow, dreamy textures, major-key melodies and extended build-ups.",
"level": "sub-3",
"parent": "Atmospheric Black Metal"
},
{
"name": "Blackgaze",
"url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/blackgaze/",
"description": "Fuses tremolo-picked riffing, intense drumming and harsh vocal techniques with mellow, dreamy textures, major-key melodies and extended build-ups.",
"level": "sub-4",
"parent": "Atmospheric Black Metal"
}
]
}{
"name": "Austronesian Music",
"description": "Music developed by Austronesian ethnic groups.",
"url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/austronesian-music/",
"parent": "Regional Music",
"level": "sub",
"children_count": 11,
"children": [
{
"name": "Balinese Music",
"url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/balinese-music/",
"description": "Music of the Balinese people.",
"level": "sub-2",
"parent": "Austronesian Music"
},
{
"name": "Batak Music",
"url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/batak-music/",
"description": "Music of the Batak people, an Austronesian people native to Sumatra.",
"level": "sub-2",
"parent": "Austronesian Music"
},
{
"name": "Igorot Music",
"url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/igorot-music/",
"description": "Traditions of the Igorot people of the Cordillera region in the northern Philippines, known for their gong ensembles.",
"level": "sub-2",
"parent": "Austronesian Music"
},
{
"name": "Indigenous Taiwanese Music",
"url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/indigenous-taiwanese-music/",
"description": "Traditional Folk Music of the various Austronesian people groups that make up the indigenous population of the island of Taiwan.",
"level": "sub-2",
"parent": "Austronesian Music"
},
{
"name": "Javanese Music",
"url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/javanese-music/",
"description": "Music of the Javanese people.",
"level": "sub-2",
"parent": "Austronesian Music"
},
{
"name": "Malagasy Music",
"url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/malagasy-music/",
"description": "Music of the Malagasy peoples.",
"level": "sub-2",
"parent": "Austronesian Music"
},
{
"name": "Malay Music",
"url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/malay-music/",
"description": "Music of the Malay people.",
"level": "sub-2",
"parent": "Austronesian Music"
},
{
"name": "Minangkabau Music",
"url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/minangkabau-music/",
"description": "Music of the Minangkabau people.",
"level": "sub-2",
"parent": "Austronesian Music"
},
{
"name": "Pakacaping Music",
"url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/pakacaping-music/",
"description": "Traditional genres of music found among the ethnicities of Indonesian archipelago, particularly on South Sulawesi, Borneo and North Sumatra.",
"level": "sub-2",
"parent": "Austronesian Music"
},
{
"name": "Polynesian Music",
"url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/polynesian-music/",
"description": "Music of Polynesia.",
"level": "sub-2",
"parent": "Austronesian Music"
},
{
"name": "Sundanese Music",
"url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/sundanese-music/",
"description": "Music of the Sundanese people.",
"level": "sub-2",
"parent": "Austronesian Music"
}
]
}{
"name": "Avant-Folk",
"description": "Experimental-influenced and playing with instrumentation, rhythm, and other factors not commonly found in folk.",
"url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/avant-folk/",
"parent": "Contemporary Folk",
"level": "sub-2",
"children_count": 1,
"children": [
{
"name": "Free Folk",
"url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/free-folk/",
"description": "Incorporates improvisation, repetition and extended song lengths.",
"level": "sub-3",
"parent": "Avant-Folk"
}
]
}{
"name": "Avant-Garde Jazz",
"description": "Combines traditional or mainstream Jazz stylings with non-traditional techniques of avant-garde art music by experimenting with characteristics such as rhythm, harmony, structure, melody, and instrumentation.",
"url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/avant-garde-jazz/",
"parent": "Jazz",
"level": "sub",
"children_count": 2,
"children": [
{
"name": "Experimental Big Band",
"url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/experimental-big-band/",
"description": "Dispensing with traditional Jazz structures and Swing sounds, instead performing Avant-Garde Jazz and pushing the boundaries of the medium.",
"level": "sub-2",
"parent": "Avant-Garde Jazz"
},
{
"name": "Free Jazz",
"url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/free-jazz/",
"description": "Attempts to break free from the conventions and patterns of earlier Jazz subgenres through the use of elements such as dissonance, atonality, and free-flowing rhythmic structures.",
"level": "sub-2",
"parent": "Avant-Garde Jazz"
}
]
}{
"name": "Avant-Prog",
"description": "Focuses on highly complex, dense arrangements often featuring high amounts of dissonance and uncommon time signatures, sometimes extending towards atonality, free time, improvisation, and other avant-garde techniques.",
"url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/avant-prog/",
"parent": "Experimental Rock",
"level": "sub-2",
"children_count": 4,
"children": [
{
"name": "Brutal Prog",
"url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/brutal-prog/",
"description": "Highly intense and visceral songwriting, usually featuring substantial reliance on dissonance, odd time signatures, blistering tempos, angular and mercurial rhythms, and Punk's DIY attitude.",
"level": "sub-3",
"parent": "Avant-Prog"
},
{
"name": "Brutal Prog",
"url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/brutal-prog/",
"description": "Highly intense and visceral songwriting, usually featuring substantial reliance on dissonance, odd time signatures, blistering tempos, angular and mercurial rhythms, and Punk's DIY attitude.",
"level": "sub-3",
"parent": "Avant-Prog"
},
{
"name": "Zeuhl",
"url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/zeuhl/",
"description": "Epic, operatic sound fusing Jazz, Progressive Rock and Modern Classical music.",
"level": "sub-3",
"parent": "Avant-Prog"
},
{
"name": "Zeuhl",
"url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/zeuhl/",
"description": "Epic, operatic sound fusing Jazz, Progressive Rock and Modern Classical music.",
"level": "sub-3",
"parent": "Avant-Prog"
}
]
}{
"name": "Avtorskaya pesnya",
"description": "Originating in the Soviet Union taking cues from forms of Russian Romance and Russian poetry with the main focus on lyrics.",
"url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/avtorskaya-pesnya/",
"parent": "Russian Music",
"level": "sub-3",
"children_count": 2,
"children": [
{
"name": "Bard Rock",
"url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/bard-rock/",
"description": "Mixes Rock music and styles with Avtorskaya pesnya.",
"level": "sub-4",
"parent": "Avtorskaya pesnya"
},
{
"name": "Bard Rock",
"url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/bard-rock/",
"description": "Mixes Rock music and styles with Avtorskaya pesnya.",
"level": "sub-2",
"parent": "Avtorskaya pesnya"
}
]
}{
"name": "Azerbaijani Music",
"description": "Music of the Azerbaijani people, who inhabit the modern day country of Azerbaijan, along with a significant population in the neighboring country of Iran.",
"url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/azerbaijani-music/",
"parent": "West Asian Music",
"level": "sub-3",
"children_count": 4,
"children": [
{
"name": "Azerbaijani Mugham",
"url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/azerbaijani-mugham/",
"description": "Highly improvisational form of modal music characterized by the singing style and the themes of Azerbaijan’s history.",
"level": "sub-4",
"parent": "Azerbaijani Music"
},
{
"name": "Jazz Mugham",
"url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/jazz-mugham/",
"description": "Combines Jazz with elements of Azerbaijani Mugham, featuring jazz-inspired instrumental compositions, improvisations, wind and vocal elements, as well as modal scales and ornamentation techniques for emotional depth.",
"level": "sub-4",
"parent": "Azerbaijani Music"
},
{
"name": "Meyxana",
"url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/meyxana/",
"description": "Azerbaijani folk recitative genre.",
"level": "sub-4",
"parent": "Azerbaijani Music"
},
{
"name": "Symphonic Mugham",
"url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/symphonic-mugham/",
"description": "Introduces elements of Azerbaijani Mugham into the structure of the composition, played on a full western orchestra.",
"level": "sub-4",
"parent": "Azerbaijani Music"
}
]
}{
"name": "Baganda Music",
"description": "Music of the Baganda people, a Bantu ethnic group indigenous to Uganda.",
"url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/baganda-music/",
"parent": "East African Music",
"level": "sub-3",
"children_count": 3,
"children": [
{
"name": "Buganda Royal Court Music",
"url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/buganda-royal-court-music/",
"description": "Highest traditional and refined musical forms of Buganda, reserved for the Kabaka (the king of Buganda).",
"level": "sub-4",
"parent": "Baganda Music"
},
{
"name": "Kadongo kamu",
"url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/kadongo-kamu/",
"description": "Oldest form of mainstream music in Uganda, dating back to the early 1950s, translating to “one little guitar” from the Luganda language.",
"level": "sub-4",
"parent": "Baganda Music"
},
{
"name": "Mataali",
"url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/mataali/",
"description": "Islamic praise genre of the Muslim community of Buganda, named after the frame drum on which the rhythm is played.",
"level": "sub-4",
"parent": "Baganda Music"
}
]
}{
"name": "Barbershop",
"description": "Harmonized singing consisting of four vocal elements: the 'lead' (2nd tenor), the 1st tenor, the baritone, and the bass.",
"url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/barbershop/",
"parent": "Northern American Music",
"level": "sub-2",
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