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MusicalWork |
A Work intended to be perceivable as a combination of sounds, with or without accompanying
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Afoxe |
Afoxé is an Afro Brazilian genre of music and it is a traditional rhythm of Pernambuco.
It is a secular manifestation of candomblé which utilizes a rhythm known as 'ijexá'.
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AfricanMusic |
Sub-Saharan traditional music is characterized by extensive use of percussion, complex
polyrhythms, and frequent use of improvisation and call & response. North African
music is closely tied to Middle Eastern music. There are a wide variety of distinct
traditional music styles in Africa, mostly relying on oral tradition. West African
music in particular has had a major influence on modern popular music.
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ArgentinianMusic |
Argentina has a strong regional folk music culture. Some of the distinct styles include
Andean Music, Chacarera, and Chamamé. Los Chalchaleros, Los Fronterizos. The Ábalos
brothers are some important folk music groups that became famous as some of the first
Argentinian folk musicians to record their music.
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BalineseMusic |
Has gamelan as well as other Indonesian musical styles. Bali, however, has its own
techniques and styles, including kecak, a form of singing that imitates the sound
of monkeys. In addition, the island is home to several unique kinds of gamelan, including
the gamelan jegog, gamelan gong gede, gamelan gambang, gamelan selunding and gamelan
semar pegulingan, the cremation music angklung and the processional music bebonangan.
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BrazilianMusic |
Influenced by Portuguese and African music. Some native Brazilian genres are Capoeira
Music, Maracatu, Afoxé, and Repente.
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Calypso |
A style of Afro-Caribbean music that originated in Trinidad and Tobago during the
early to mid-19th century. It features a characteristic syncopated rhythm.
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CapoeiraMusic |
Music played to accompany Capoeira. Common instruments used are the ngoma drums and
berimbau.
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CaribbeanMusic |
Influenced by African Music as a result of the West African Slave Trade, as well as
by European music, and to a more limited extent, by native music.
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CarnaticMusic |
Music commonly associated with southern India, including the modern Indian states
of Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Karnataka, Kerala, and Tamil Nadu, as well as Sri Lanka.
It is one of two main subgenres of Indian classical music that evolved from ancient
Hindu traditions. The main emphasis in Carnatic music is on vocal music; most compositions
are written to be sung, and even when played on instruments, they are meant to be
performed in gāyaki (singing) style.
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ChaChaCha |
Derived from Danzón music but with a monodic vocal style. |
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ChileanMusic |
Music of indigenous Chilean people such as the Mapuche, Atacama, and Fueguinos peoples.
Chilean folk genres began to blossom after the Chilean colonial period ended and influential
musicians from other South American countries came to Chile.
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Choro |
Often has a fast and happy rhythm. It is characterized by virtuosity, improvisation
and subtle modulations, and is full of syncopation and counterpoint. It originated
in Rio de Janeiro in the 19th century.
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ColombianMusic |
There are many traditional music genres of Columbia, which are all dependent on specific
regions. Cumbia is the most popular traditional Columbian music genre.
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Contradanza |
The Cuban form of the English Contradanse. |
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CubanMusic |
Influenced mostly by West African Music and Spanish Music. Traditional forms include
Changüí, Coros de clave, Kiribá, Nengón, and Tumba francesa
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Cueca |
A family of Chilean music styles performed to accompany Chile's national dance of
the same name.
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Cumbia |
A Columbian dance music which features vocals singing of the national resistance.
The genre originated in the 1820s.
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CzechMusic |
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Danzon |
Danzó is a slow Cuban dance genre in 2/4 with elegant pauses for virtuosic instrumental
passages.
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Dimotiko |
Emerged as a fusion between traditional Greek music and the Byzantine choir music
of the Turkish Empire.
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DominicanMusic |
Merengue and Bachata are the most popular forms of music in The Dominican Republic.
Traditional Dominican Music is influenced by West African, European, and native Taino
Music.
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Fado |
A traditional Portuguese genre which uses the dorian or ionian modes. |
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Flamenco |
Traditional music of Andalusian Romani. Flamenco was thought to have started with
the migration of Indian gypsies traveling through the middle east and eventually settling
in Spain and therefore has many middle eastern and Spanish influences. The music has
endured much political backlash throughout its history. Flamenco is characterized
by its unique virtuosic singing and guitar playing. The instruments used are the voice,
guitar and palmas (hand clapping), as those were the instruments that the Romani gypsies
could bring on their travels. Flamenco dancing is a fundamental Flamenco genre and
culture, and Flamenco music often accompanies dancing.
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FrenchMusic |
Traditional French Folk Music was mostly overshadowed by Cabaret and Chanson, but
still remains prominent in isolated regions of France. France was also home to many
notable Romantic era composers.
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GauchoMusic |
The traditional music of Southern Brazil, especially the one of Río Grande do Sul
state, whose population has a strong ancestry of European countries like Portugal,
Spain, Italy and Germany. The songs of gaucho music present themes of the folk traditions
of the gaucho: field, farm, horse, moral values, regional cuisine, women. The music
is built in a slow, intimate manner, with lyrics abundant in metaphors. Some representative
artists have been Teixeirinha, José Mendes, Gildo de Freitas, Dimas Costa, Gaúcho
da Fronteira, Porca Véia.
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GermanMusic |
Traditional German Folk Music differs in every region of Germany. Germany also produced
many well known classical music composers from the Baroque Period on.
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GreekMusic |
Traditional Greek Music can be traced back to ancient Greek lyre music. Greece was
the birthplace of western music theory through the creation of modes.
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Guaracha |
A Cuban genre with a rapid tempo and comic or picaresque lyrics. |
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HindustaniClassicalMusic |
Besides vocal music, which is considered to be of primary importance, its main instruments
are the sitar and sarod. Classical music can be divided into melody and rhythm; there
is no concept of harmony.
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IndianMusic |
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IndonesianMusic |
Indonesia is made up of thousands of islands each with a unique musical history. The
most well known Indonesian Music comes from the islands Java, Sumatra, Bali, and Flores.
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IrishMusic |
Traditional Irish music was usually either for singing or dancing. Folk music in Ireland
used instruments such as harps, woodwinds, hornpipes, trumpets and bones.
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ItalianMusic |
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JamaicanMusic |
Traditional Jamaican music is generally thought of as Calypso and Mento music, which
are predecessors of Reggae genres.
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JavaneseMusic |
The main genre of traditional Javanese music is Javanese Gamelan, which is slightly
different than Balinese Gamelan in that it also uses string instruments.
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JewishMusic |
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JugEnsemble |
Jug Ensemble Blues is played by a band consisting of a glass or stone jug played like
a brass instrument by buzzing the lips into its mouth, along with a mix of both conventional
and homemade instruments. Homemade instruments used include washtub bass, washboard,
spoons, bones, stovepipe and kazoo.
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Klezmer |
A musical tradition of the Ashkenazi Jews of Eastern Europe. Played by professional
musicians called klezmorim in ensembles known as kapelye, the genre originally consisted
largely of dance tunes and instrumental display pieces for weddings and other celebrations.
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Maracatu |
An Afro-Brazilian performance genre practiced in the state of Pernambuco, mainly in
the cities of Recife and Olinda. The musical ensemble consists of alfaia (a large
wooden rope-tuned drum), gonguê (a metal cowbell), tarol (a shallow snare drum), caixa-de-guerra,
(or 'war-snare'), agbê (a gourd shaker enveloped in a net of beads), and mineiro (a
metal cylindrical shaker filled with metal shot or small dried seeds). The song form
is call and response between a solo singer and (usually) a female chorus.
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Merengue |
A fast dance genre with fast arrangements and a 2/4 beat. The traditional instrumentation
for a conjunto típico (traditional band), the usual performing group of folk merengue,
is a diatonic accordion, a two–sided drum, called a tambora, held on the lap, and
a güira.
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MexicanMusic |
Consists of standard Mexican song and ensemble forms such as conjunto, banda, mariachi,
and Duranguense.
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MiddleEasternMusic |
Middle Eastern music traditions span from Iran to Morocco. Middle Eastern Music is
considered separate from music traditions of certain middle eastern countries such
as Persian Music and Turkish Music. Various strings, winds, and percussion are used
in this genre.
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NeapolitanSong |
Songs sung in the Neapolitan language. |
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NorthAmericanMusic |
Traditional North American Music can range from the music of indigenous North American
People to Early American Folk songs.
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PakistaniMusic |
Traditional Pakistani Music has many forms. A common classical form is Hindustani
Music. Most music is made up of melody and rhythmic cycles.
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Palo |
Also known as Atabales, Palo is a sacred religious music in which a drum and voice
are the main instruments.
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Pilón |
A Cuban dance genre where the rhythms are based on the motions of pounding sugarcane. |
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Polka |
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PortugueseMusic |
Portuguese music finds influence from many different cultures due to Portugal's geographic
location. Fado emerged as an important Portuguese folk genre. Various types of guitars
are the most common Portuguese instruments.
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PuertoRicanMusic |
Music by Puerto Rican people greatly influenced by Spanish and West African music. |
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PunjabiMusic |
Ranges from classical music to folk songs. The Folk music sometimes uses lyrics derived
from poetry or folk tales. Instruments used include the Tumbi, Algoze, Dhadd, Sarangi,
and Chimta.
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Ragtime |
A form of music in which bass notes play on onbeats, chords play on offbeats, and
melodic accents are syncopated and occur between beats. It is mostly piano-centric,
though there are also prominent examples of guitar-based ragtime music. Ragtime developed
in the American Midwest in the late 19th century by African American musicians who
added distinctively African syncopation and polyrhythms to the popular march style
of music.
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Repente |
A form of improvisation where a singer riffs on lyrical themes suggested by an audience.
The themes are usually based around themes from literatura de cordel.
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RomanianMusic |
Heavily melody based. Often times the only percussion instrument used is the cimbalon.
Violin and voice are the primary melodic instruments. Romanian music is often compared
to Balkan and Turkish music.
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Salves |
A call-and-response type of singing that uses güira, panderos, at yales and other
African instruments. Salves are highly ceremonial and are used in pilgrimages and
at parties dedicated to voodoo saints.
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SonGenre |
A syncretic genre that blends elements of Spanish and African origin. Among its fundamental
Hispanic components are the vocal style, lyrical metre and the primacy of the tres,
derived from the Spanish guitar. On the other hand, its characteristic clave rhythm,
call and response structure and percussion section (bongo, maracas, etc.) are all
rooted in traditions of Bantu origin.
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SouthAmericanMusic |
Often based around dance or romance. There are many different cultural ties to music
in South America. Instruments commonly used are strings, guitar, brass, voice, and
various Latin percussion instruments.
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SpanishMusic |
Traditional Spanish Music can be traced back to the medieval music of the Moors, but
is known today to draw influence from many different places. Form and instrumentation
of Spanish music differs depending on what region of Spain the music originates from.
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Spiritual |
Consist mostly of old African-American hymns. Given the oral tradition that allowed
these songs to be passed on, they are predominantly vocal and refrain-heavy.
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Tango |
Argentinian tango is in 2/4 or 4/4 time characterized by its famous dotted rhythm.
The genre can have vocals or be instrumental. It was started by European immigrants
in Argentina as far back as the late 19th century.
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TibetanMusic |
A religious music formed from Tibetan Buddhism. The Music told the stories of Buddhist
Parables through the use of song forms. Street music was also used as a way to spread
news or political commentary.
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Tonada |
A monotonous song with a melancholic theme played in rural areas in Chile. |
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TurkishClassicalMusic |
Sometimes referred to as Ottoman Classical Music, Turkish Classical music is a primarily
vocal music. Performed by a vocal soloist and small ensembles consisting of instruments
such as the tambur, ney, kemençe, and kanun.
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TurkishMusic |
Traditional Turkish music was shaped by the migration and immigration of many peoples
and also by the rule of the Ottoman Empire. There are many forms and settings of Turkish
music ranging from gypsy street band forms to court music and religious music. Typical
instruments include tambur, ney, oud, and various percussion instruments.
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WorkSongs |
A style of music sung by enslaved African-Americans and later by free manual laborers
to pass the time while working, with emphasis on overlapping call-and-response between
a leader singing partially improvised verses and a larger group of men responding
with more static choruses.
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DDEX Data Dictionary, 19-12-03