List of Music Genres
bazza
July 02, 2008, 12:06 AM posted in General DiscussionThis seemed like a good idea when I started it but I think I need help to fill in the gaps.
Here's what I have so far:
2-Step | 两步 |
8-Bit | 8比特 |
A'cappela | 合唱 |
Abstract Electronic | 抽象电子 |
Acid | 酸性 |
Acid House | 酸性浩室 |
Acid Jazz | 酸性爵士 |
Acid Punk | 酸性朋克 |
Acid Techno | 酸性科技 |
Acoustic | 不插电音乐 |
Alternative | 另类 |
Ambient | 氛围流行 |
Ambient Cosmic | 氛围太空 |
Ambient House | 氛围浩室 |
Ambient Industrial | 氛围工业 |
Ambient Techno | 氛围科技 |
Avant Garde | 先锋 |
Ballad | 民歌 |
Beijing Opera | 京剧 |
Big Band | 大乐队 |
Big Beat | 巨拍之声 |
Black Metal | 黑金属 |
Bluegrass | 蓝草 |
Blues | 布鲁斯 |
Bolero | 波列罗 |
Bossa Nova | 波萨诺 |
Brass Band | 铜管乐队 |
Breakbeat | 碎拍 |
Breakcore | 碎核 |
Britpop | 英式摇滚 |
Calypso | 即兴歌 |
Celtic | 凯尔特音乐 |
Chamber | 室内音乐 |
Chicago House | 芝加哥浩室 |
Chill-Out | 休闲音乐 |
China Rock | 中国摇滚 |
Chorus | 合唱 |
Christian Rap | 基督饶 |
Classic Rock | 经典摇滚 |
Classical | 古典 |
Classical Electronic | 古典电子 |
Club | 俱乐部乐 |
Club Dance | 俱乐部舞曲 |
Country | 乡村 |
Dance | 舞曲 |
Dance Hall | 舞厅乐 |
Dark Electro | 黑色电子 |
Dark Wave | 黑潮音乐 |
Death Metal | 死亡金属 |
Deep House | 深浩室 |
Digital Hardcore | 数码硬核 |
Disco | 迪斯科 |
Dixieland Jazz | 迪克西兰爵士乐 |
Downtempo | 缓拍 |
Dream House | 梦幻浩室 |
Drum N Bass | 鼓打贝斯 |
Electro Body Music (EBM) | 电体乐 |
Electro House | 电子浩室 |
Electronic | 电子 |
Euro House | 欧洲浩室 |
Euro-Disco | 欧洲迪斯科 |
Euro-Pop | 欧洲流行 |
Euro-Trance | 欧洲迷幻 |
Eurodance | 欧洲舞曲 |
Experimental Electronic | 试验电子 |
Folk | 民谣 |
Folk Rock | 民谣摇滚 |
Freestyle | 自由乐 |
Frenchcore | 法国核 |
Funk | 疯克 |
Funky Breaks | 骤停打击乐 |
Gabba | 加巴 |
Gangsta | 绑匪乐 |
Garage | 车库 |
Glam | 华丽 |
Glitch | 电子脉冲 |
Gospel | 福音音乐 |
Gothic | 哥特 |
Gothic Rock | 哥特摇滚 |
Grindcore | 碾核 |
Grunge | 垃圾乐 |
Happy Hardcore | 快乐硬核 |
Happy House | 快乐浩室 |
Hard Dance | 硬舞曲 |
Hard House | 硬浩室 |
Hard Rock | 硬摇滚 |
Hardcore | 硬核 |
Hardcore Breaks | 硬核碎 |
Hardcore Techno | 硬核科技 |
Hardjump | 硬跳 |
Hardstyle | 电音超速锐舞 |
Harsh Noise | 刺耳噪音 |
Heavy Metal | 重金属 |
Hip-Hop | 西哈 |
House | 浩室 |
Hymn | 圣歌 |
Hyphy | 嬉皮 |
Indie | 独立音乐 |
Indie Electro | 独立电子 |
Indie Rock | 独立摇滚 |
Industrial | 工业金属 |
Industrial Electronic | 工业电子 |
Industrial Techno | 技术工业摇滚 |
Instrumental | 纯乐器演奏 |
Instrumental Pop | 器乐流行 |
Instrumental Rock | 器乐摇滚 |
Intelligent Dance Music (IDM) | 智能舞曲 |
Italodance | 意大利舞曲 |
Jazz | 爵士 |
Jazz House | 爵士浩室 |
Jumpstyle | 跳风格 |
Jungle | 丛林 |
Latin | 拉丁乐 |
Leftfield | 左场 |
Lo-Fi | 低保真 |
Lounge | 沙发音乐 |
Lullaby | 催眠曲 |
Madchester | 曼切斯特音乐 |
March | 战歌 |
Mazurka | 玛祖卡 |
Metal | 金属 |
Minimal | 简约 |
Minimal Techno | 简约科技舞曲 |
Minimalism | 简约派 |
Modern Classical | 现代古典 |
Muzak | 缪扎克 |
New Age | 新世纪音乐 |
New Romantic | 新浪漫 |
New Wave | 新浪潮电子 |
No Wave | 无浪潮 |
Noise | 噪音 |
Noisecore | 噪音核 |
Nu-Jazz | 新爵士 |
Opera | 歌剧 |
Polka | 波尔卡 |
Polonaise | 波洛奈兹舞 |
Pop | 流行 |
Post-Punk | 后朋克 |
Post-Rock | 后摇滚 |
Power Noise | 能量噪音 |
Progressive Electronic | 前卫电子 |
Progressive Rock | 激进摇滚 |
Psychedelic | 迷幻 |
Psychedelic Rock | 迷幻摇滚 |
Punk | 朋克 |
Punk Rock | 朋克摇滚 |
Ragtime | 繁音拍子 |
Rap | 饶舌 |
Rave | 锐舞 |
Reggae | 雷鬼 |
Rhapsody | 狂想曲 |
Rhumba | 伦巴舞 |
Rhythmic Soul | 节奏灵魂乐 |
RnB | 节奏与布鲁斯 |
Rock | 摇滚 |
Rock & Roll | 摇滚 |
Salsa | 萨尔达舞曲 |
Samba | 桑巴舞曲 |
Shoegazing | 自赏派音乐 |
Ska | 斯卡曲风 |
Ska-Punk | 斯卡朋克 |
Slow Rock | 慢摇 |
Soul | 灵魂乐 |
Space | 太空乐 |
Speed Garage | 速度车库 |
Speed Metal | 速度金属 |
Speedcore | 速度硬核 |
Spiritual | 灵歌 |
Square Dance | 方块舞 |
Swing | 摇摆乐 |
Symphony | 交响乐 |
Synth-Pop | 合成器流行 |
Tango | 探戈 |
Tarantella | 塔兰台拉舞 |
Techno | 科技 |
Techno House | 科技浩室 |
Techstep | 技术舞步 |
Terror | 恐怖 |
Terrorcore | 恐怖核 |
Thrash Metal | 鞭挞金属 |
Trance | 迷幻电子 |
Tribal House | 部落浩室 |
Trip-Hop | 神游舞曲 |
Turntablism | 搓盘 |
UK Hard House | 英国硬浩室 |
UK Hardcore | 英国硬核 |
Waltz | 华尔兹舞 |
World Music | 世界音乐 |

sbelous
July 09, 2008, 07:20 PMO.O
This is wonderful! Thanks for the post! Maybe I can try some new keywords in looking for Chinese synthpop bands ^__^

michele
June 26, 2008, 09:02 PMand I've forgotten, at least, to mention all that sort of music coming from Africa, Asia, America, Oceania and more and more... well, for some of them "we" have thought to call all of them... World music...
the simple fact that in my long previous post I've forgotten, even to consider their mere existence makes me feel quite worried...

bazza
June 26, 2008, 09:49 PMLooks like Italodance is 意大利舞曲.
penben
June 27, 2008, 01:06 AMBazza, I'm amazed by how much free time you must have. Well, at least at this rate you'll be fluent in no time. :o)

michele
June 26, 2008, 08:29 PMHi Bazza,
it's funny, I've already had the same odd feeling before, probably when I have been looking for the right genre in the default list present in iTunes, and all the times, or many times, I decided to create a new genre, because no one of them was exactly the right one to describe what I was adding in that moment. You begin in that manner, and then....
It must be something wrong... BTW when I made a new genre, the next time, nearly all the times, it's the same embarrassing situation... So, as you can see, I had a similar experience to yours.
At any rate, it seems to me quite strange such an accurate distinction for many, detailed kind of music, and a couple of huge, monolithic blocks for Opera and Classic, as if in six or seven, or even more centuries of music, composers, singers, players of any sort, belonging to different part of the western world, they all would have been the same identical thing, and now in a very few years, it would have flourished the paradise of creativity, and multiplicity.
Believe me, I don't mean to criticize at all your really praiseworthy job, (I'm not kidding you!) after all you only pushed a little bit forward the logic of iTunes and similar. And I have to agree, that if you want to keep an acceptable order in your computer, and you like to listen to some different type of music, you have to make something like this. Nevertheless, I still feel this strong embarrassment when I see this kind of lists, that makes me feel not at ease, don't you?
But now, let me, as a sign of my envolvment in your enterprise, try to help you at least in one case: for Italydance why not simply 意大利舞厅? but then, could you please give me an example of that?
ciao Bazza, and again, please don't take my post as a criticism,
with my best wishes,
Michele.
auntie68
June 27, 2008, 02:54 PMbazza, you're THE BEST!!! We love you. We love what you do. Thanks!

bazza
June 27, 2008, 04:35 PMJumpstyle and Hardjump don't appear to been translated before, so I'm calling them 跳风格 and 硬跳.

wolson
June 27, 2008, 05:30 PMHere is couple more:
民歌 (ballads)

bazza
June 27, 2008, 05:52 PMThanks wolson, I'll add those to the main list.
I'm glad there's no edit time limit on primary posts. :)

bazza
June 27, 2008, 02:49 PMI have the power to slow down time. ;)
(Not really I just stay up pretty late.)
urbandweller
June 26, 2008, 07:56 PMbazza
That list is quite impressive! I have a question about it though...your list says salsa is 萨尔达舞 but the recent cpod advanced lesson calls its 莎莎.
So which one is it or can you call it either??
just wondering since it is one of my hobbies...
thanks
-adam