List of Music Genres

bazza
July 02, 2008, 12:06 AM posted in General Discussion

This 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

 

 

 

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urbandweller
June 26, 2008, 07:56 PM

bazza

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

 

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sbelous
July 09, 2008, 07:20 PM

O.O

This is wonderful! Thanks for the post!  Maybe I can try some new keywords in looking for Chinese synthpop bands ^__^

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michele
June 26, 2008, 09:02 PM

and 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...

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bazza
June 26, 2008, 09:49 PM

Looks like Italodance is 意大利舞曲.

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penben
June 27, 2008, 01:06 AM

Bazza, 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)

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michele
June 26, 2008, 08:29 PM

Hi 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.

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auntie68
June 27, 2008, 02:54 PM

bazza, you're THE BEST!!! We love you. We love what you do. Thanks!

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bazza
June 27, 2008, 04:35 PM

Jumpstyle and Hardjump don't appear to been translated before, so I'm calling them 跳风格 and 硬跳.

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wolson
June 27, 2008, 05:30 PM

Here is couple more:

波尔卡  (polka)

民歌 (ballads)

波列罗 (bolero)
波萨诺 (bossa nova)
铜管乐队 (brass band)
即兴歌 (calypso)
迪克西兰爵士乐 (dixieland jazz)
福音音乐 (gospel music)
圣歌 (hymn)
催眠曲 (lullaby)
战歌 (march music)
玛祖卡 (mazurkas)
缪扎克 (Muzak)
波洛奈兹舞 (polonaise)
繁音拍子 (ragtime)
狂想曲 (rhapsody)
伦巴舞 (rhumba)
桑巴舞曲 (samba)
灵歌 (spirtuals)
方块舞 (square dance)
诗歌 (swing)mine is a little different than yours here
交响乐 (symphony)
塔兰台拉舞 (tarantella)
华尔兹舞 (waltz)

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bazza
June 27, 2008, 05:52 PM

Thanks wolson, I'll add those to the main list.

I'm glad there's no edit time limit on primary posts. :)

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bazza
June 27, 2008, 02:49 PM

I have the power to slow down time. ;)

(Not really I just stay up pretty late.)