style & genre

african-american spiritual

americana/british/scottish/irish/folk/country/bluegrass/western

balkan

ballad (= story line)

bhangra

broadway/hollywood/tv

calypso

children

dance (including disco/electronica/club-based styles; see also salsa, slip jig, yiddish/klezmer)

hip-hop

jamaican mento/ska/reggae/rocksteady

jazz

new wave

pop

punk

r&b, modern (incl. soul, motown, funk, disco)

rock, early/r&b/rockabilly

rock, standard

salsa/rumba/mambo/cha-cha

sea-shanty

slip jig

turkish

yiddish/klezmer