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Nick McCurdy
February 11, 2016
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Music Genres
A quick overview of some modern American music genres.
Nick McCurdy
February 11, 2016
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Transcript
Music Genres by Nicolas McCurdy
Disclaimers • Genre classifications can be subjective • I’m biased
• Genres overlap, often creating more subgenres • We’re mostly focusing on modern American music
Electronic • Ambient • Breakbeat ◦ Big beat • Chiptune
• Downtempo ◦ New-age ◦ Trip hop • Drum and bass • Electronica ◦ Chillwave ◦ IDM ◦ Glitch ◦ Electronic rock ◦ Indietronica ◦ Synthpop • Hardcore • House • Industrial • Techno • Trance
• East Coast hip hop • West Coast hip hop
• Alternative hip hop • Gangsta rap • Trap Hip hop
Pop • Baroque pop • Pop rock • Psychedelic pop
• Synthpop
• Alternative rock ◦ Dream pop ◦ Grunge ◦ Indie
rock • Art rock • Math rock • New wave • Noise rock • Pop rock • Post-rock • Shoegaze Rock • Progressive rock • Punk rock
• Alternative metal ◦ Nu metal • Black metal •
Death metal ◦ Melodic death metal ◦ Technical death metal • Doom metal • Gothic metal • Industrial metal Rock→Metal • Metalcore ◦ Deathcore ◦ Mathcore • Nu metal • Post-metal • Power metal • Progressive metal ◦ Djent • Symphonic metal
Avant-garde • Experimental • Noise
Resources https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_popular_music_genres