#popular_music_genre__popularmusicgenre__popular_music__popularmusic any genre of music having wide appeal (but usually only for a short time)
supertype: #music_genre__musicgenre__musical_genre__musicalgenre__genre__musical_style__musicalstyle an expressive style of music
subtype: #macumba.popular_music_genre popular dance music of Brazil; derived from the practices of the macumba religious cult
subtype: #pop_music__popmusic__pop music of general appeal to teenagers; a bland watered-down version of rock'n'roll with more rhythm and harmony and an emphasis on romantic love
subtype: #folk_music__ethnic_music__folk the traditional and typically anonymous music that is an expression of the life of people in a community
subtype: #folk_song__folk_ballad a song that is traditionally sung by the common people of a region and forms part of their culture
subtype: #blues__blue a type of folk song that originated among Black Americans at the beginning of the 20th century; has a melancholy sound from repeated use of blue notes
subtype: #boogie-woogie__boogie an instrumental version of the blues (especially for piano)
subtype: #schottische.folk_music music performed for dancing the schottische
subtype: #country_music__country_and_western__countryandwestern__C_and_W a simple style of folk music heard mostly in the southern United States; usually played on stringed instruments
subtype: #bluegrass__bluegras a type of country music played at a rapid tempo on banjos and guitars
subtype: #hillbilly_music__hillbillymusic country music originating in mountainous regions of southern United States
subtype: #zydeco music of southern Louisiana that combines French dance melodies with Caribbean music and blues
subtype: #gospel_singing__gospel a genre of a capella music originating with Black slaves in the United States and featuring call and response; influential on the development of other genres of popular music (especially soul)
subtype: #doo-wop__doowop a genre (usually a capella) of Black vocal-harmony music of the 1950s that evolved in New York City from gospel singing; characterized by close four-part harmonies; the name derived from some of the nonsense syllables sung by the back-up vocalists
subtype: #soul.gospel_singing a secular form of gospel that was a major Black musical genre in the 1960s and 1970s; "soul was politically significant during the Civil Rights movement"
subtype: #square-dance_music music performed for square dancing
subtype: #dance_music__dancemusic__danceroom_music__danceroommusic__ballroom_music a genre of popular music composed for ballroom dancing
subtype: #beguine.dance_music music written in the bolero rhythm of the beguine dance
subtype: #bolero.dance_music music written in the rhythm of the bolero dance
subtype: #carioca.dance_music music composed for dancing the carioca
subtype: #conga.dance_music music composed for dancing the conga
subtype: #gavotte.dance_music music composed in quadruple time for dancing the gavotte
subtype: #hornpipe.dance_music music for dancing the hornpipe
subtype: #jig.dance_music music in three-four time for dancing a jig
subtype: #landler.dance_music music in triple time for dancing the landler
subtype: #mazurka.dance_music music composed for dancing the mazurka
subtype: #minuet.dance_music a stately piece of music composed for dancing the minuet; often incorporated into a sonata or suite
subtype: #paso_doble.dance_music__pasodoble music in march time composed for dancing the paso doble; often played a bull fights
subtype: #pavan__pavane music composed for dancing the pavane
subtype: #polka.dance_music music performed for dancing the polka
subtype: #quadrille.dance_music music for dancing the quadrille
subtype: #reel.dance_music music composed for dancing a reel
subtype: #rhumba__rumba syncopated music in duple time for dancing the rumba
subtype: #samba.dance_music music composed for dancing the samba
subtype: #saraband.dance_music music composed for dancing the saraband
subtype: #tango.dance_music music written in duple time for dancing the tango
subtype: #tarantella music composed in six-eight time for dancing the tarantella
subtype: #waltz music composed in triple time for waltzing
subtype: #ragtime music with a syncopated melody (usually for the piano)
subtype: #jazz.dance_music a style of dance music popular in the 1920s; similar to New Orleans jazz but played by large bands
subtype: #kwela a kind of danceable music popular among black South Africans; includes a whistle among its instruments
subtype: #jazz a genre of popular music that originated in New Orleans around 1900 and developed through increasingly complex styles
subtype: #bop__bebop an early form of modern jazz (originating around 1940)
subtype: #boogie-woogie__boogie an instrumental version of the blues (especially for piano)
subtype: #cool_jazz jazz that is restrained and fluid and marked by intricate harmonic structures often lagging slightly behind the beat
subtype: #hot_jazz__hotjazz jazz that is emotionally charged and intense and marked by strong rhythms and improvisation
subtype: #modern_jazz__new_jazz__newjazz__neo_jazz__neojazz any of various styles of jazz that appeared after 1940
subtype: #trad (British) traditional jazz as revived in the 1950s
subtype: #swing_music__swingmusic__swing__jive a style of jazz played by big bands popular in the 1930s; flowing rhythms but less complex than later styles of jazz
subtype: #rap_music__rapmusic__rap genre of African-American music of the 1980s and 1990s in which rhyming lyrics are chanted to a musical accompaniment; several forms of rap have emerged
subtype: #rhythm_and_blues__R_and_B a combination of blues and jazz that was developed in the United States by Black musicians; an important precursor of rock 'n' roll
subtype: #rockabilly a fusion of black music and country music that was popular in the 1950s; sometimes described as blues with a country beat
subtype: #rock_'n'_roll__rock'n'roll__rockandroll__rockandroll__rock_music a genre of popular music originating in the 1950s; a blend of Black rhythm-and-blues with White country-and-western; "rock is a generic term for the range of styles that evolved out of rock'n'roll."
subtype: #progressive_rock__progressiverock__artrock a style of rock music that emerged in the 1970s; associated with attempts to combine rock with jazz and other forms; intended for listening and not dancing
subtype: #psychedlic_rock__acid_rock a musical style that emerged in the mid-1960s; rock music inspired by or related to drug-induced experience
subtype: #punk_rock__punk rock music with deliberately offensive lyrics expressing anger and social alienation; in part a reaction against progressive rock
subtype: #reggae popular music originating in the West Indies; repetitive bass riffs and regular chords played on the off beat by a guitar
subtype: #skiffle (British) a style of popular music in the 1950s; based on American folk music and played on guitars and improvised percussion instruments
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