Genres of Music

Rock – Melodic, Soft, Hard, Glam, Garage, Surf Rock, British Blues, Merseybeat, Mod, Skiffle, Math Rock.

Pop – New Wave, Bubble gum Pop, Traditional Pop, Synth Pop, Power Pop, Pop Punk, Downtempo, Indie Pop, Pop Rap, Psychedelic Pop, Accoustic (a lot of pop has elements of other genres within it, e.g. Indie Pop and Pop Punk)

Punk – Anarcho Punk, Cowpunk, Gypsy Punk, Hardcore, Psychobilly, Ska Punk, Street Punk, Dream Pop, Noise Pop, Riot Girl, Grunge.

Metal – Thrash, Death, Heavy.

R’n’B – Neo Soul, New Jack Swing, Quiet Storm.

Hip Hop – Hard core, G-Funk, Electro, Crunk, Old School, New School.

Classical – Opera, Baroque, Renaissance, Western, Non-Western.

Reggae – Ska, Rocksteady, Roots, Dub, Dancehall.

Dance – Techno, Trance, Goa Trance, House, Big Beat, Drum and Bass, Gabba, Happy Hardcore.

Jazz – Acid Jazz, Calypso Jazz, Jazz Funk, Jazz Fusion, Modal Jazz, Ragtime, Swing.

Blues – Acid Blues, Country Blues, Boogie Woogie, Piano Blues, Rhythm and Blues. 

Rap – Gangsta, Southern, Battle, Hyphy

World – Bhangra, Salsa

Indie – this is mostly classed as a sub genre of rock

Soul – Motown Soul, Deep Soul, Southern Soul, Psychedelic Soul, Blue-eyed Soul.

Country – Death Country, Hillbilly, Outlaw Country, Progressive Country, Rap Country, Red Dirt, Rock Country/Rockabilly, Bluegrass, Honky Tonk, Western Swing.

Personally, my iPod is clearly dominated by pop music, but this doesn’t necessarily mean all of my favourite songs are pop songs. For example, my all-time favourite song is “Naïve” by The Kooks, which would come under either the punk or alternative music genre. Closely following pop on my iPod is rock and R&B/hip hop, and I really like these genres up until the point where rock becomes “shouty” or "screamo" and R&B/hip hop becomes completely dominated by rapping.