How many genres of music are there?

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Just genres, not sub-genres. I'll give an example using colours. There's blue, pink, red, brown, etc... Don't include jungle green, phthalo blue, coral, burnt sienna, etc... I want to know because I want to listen to at least one song from every genre. I would consider classic rock a genre, not a sub-genre, but that's my choice. List what you think counts as a genre.

Jimmy Jazz · Accepted Answer

These are the big ones:
Rock
Metal
Punk
Jazz 
Funk
Soul
R&B
Blues
Classical/Opera
Rap/Hip-hop
Reggae/Dub/Island
World
Country

Everything comes from this!

darjean · Answer

Types Of Music Genres

R · Answer

There are 2540 genres according to RateYourMusic site, including sub-genres. However, the top level genres are (I modified it a bit, because there are some genres that don't have a good parent genre, but where it would be stupid to consider them as top level genres):

Regional Music
Folk

Blues

R&B

Hip Hop

Pop
Rock

Singer/Songwriter

Jazz

Psychedelia
Progressive Music
Experimental

Dance

Electronic

Industrial Music 
Textural Music, Ambient etc.

Twanna · Answer

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How many genres of music are there?
Just genres, not sub-genres. I&#39;ll give an example using colours. There&#39;s blue, pink, red, brown, etc... Don&#39;t include jungle green, phthalo blue, coral, burnt sienna, etc... I want to know because I want to listen to at least one song from every genre. I would consider classic rock a...

Nichole · Answer

They say there are 541 genres of music today and it just keeps growing! Music is so amazing.

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Nobody bothered to even think of Beethoven or Mozart. True art. When music really was a masterpiece...

Luis Harding · Answer

instrumental, and accapella. everything dervied from that.

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How many genres of music are there?

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