Music Genres

A quick overview of some modern American music genres.

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1. Music Genres by Nicolas McCurdy
2. Disclaimers • Genre classifications can be subjective • I’m biased • Genres overlap, often creating more subgenres • We’re mostly focusing on modern American music
3. 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
4. • East Coast hip hop • West Coast hip hop • Alternative hip hop • Gangsta rap • Trap Hip hop
5. Pop • Baroque pop • Pop rock • Psychedelic pop • Synthpop
6. • 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
7. • 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
8. Avant-garde • Experimental • Noise
9. Resources https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_popular_music_genres