List of music software

This is a list of software for creating, performing, learning, analyzing, researching, broadcasting and editing music. This article only includes software, not services.

For streaming services such as iHeartRadio, Pandora, Prime Music, and Spotify, see Comparison of on-demand streaming music services.

For storage, uploading, downloading and streaming of music via the cloud, see Comparison of online music lockers.

This list does not include discontinued historic or legacy software, with the exception of trackers that are still supported.[1][2]

If a program fits several categories, such as a comprehensive digital audio workstation or a foundation programming language (e.g. Pure Data), listing is limited to its top three categories.

## Types

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### CD ripping software

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* Brasero
* CDex
* Exact Audio Copy
* fre:ac
* k3b

### Choir and learn-to-sing software

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This section includes both choir software and learn-to-sing software. For music learning software, see music education software.

Main articles: Choir and Vocal coach

* Cantor (music software)
* SingingCoach

### DJ software

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Main article: DJ § Software

* Cross/CrossDJ
* Deckadance
* djay
* Final Scratch
* Mixxx
* Serato
* Traktor
* Rekordbox
* VirtualDJ

### Digital audio workstation (DAW) software

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Main article: Digital audio workstation

* Ableton Live
* ACID Pro
* Ardour
* Audacity
* Audiotool
* BandLab
* BespokeSynth
* Bitwig Studio
* Cakewalk by BandLab
* Cubase
* Digital Performer
* FL Studio
* GarageBand
* HighC
* LMMS
* Logic Pro
* Magix Music Maker
* Maschine
* MetaSynth
* Mixcraft
* MultitrackStudio
* Nuendo
* Mixbus
* MuLab
* Orion Studio
* Pro Tools
* Pyramix
* Qtractor
* REAPER
* Reason
* Renoise
* Rosegarden
* Samplitude
* SADiE
* Sonic Pi
* Sonoma
* Soundtrap
* Studio One
* Waveform
* Ultradaw
* Zynewave Podium

### Computer music software

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Electronic music

Experimental forms

* Ambient music
* Electroacoustic music

* Musique concrète
* Glitch
* Industrial music
* Noise music

Popular styles

* Breakbeat
* Chiptune
* Dancehall
* Downtempo
* Drum and bass
* Dub
* Dubstep
* Electro
* EDM
* Grime
* Hardcore
* House
* IDM
* Synth-pop
* Techno
* Trance
* UK garage
* Vaporwave

Other topics

* Disco
* In rock music
* In folk music
* Loudspeaker
* List of genres
* Sampling
* Studio as compositional tool
* Turntablism
* Hip hop
* Sound system
* Video game music

* v
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Main article: Computer music

See also: List of audio programming languages

* ChucK
* Csound
* Director Musices
* List of Generative music software
* JFugue
* Kyma (sound design language)
* Keykit
* Max/MSP
* Pure Data
* Real-time Cmix
* Suno AI
* SuperCollider
* Udio
* Opusmodus

### Internet, RSS, broadcast music software

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Main article: Netlabel

See also: Content delivery network

This section only includes software, not services. For services programs like Spotify, Pandora, Prime Music, etc. see Comparison of on-demand streaming music services. Likewise, list includes music RSS apps, widgets and software, but for a list of actual feeds, see Comparison of feed aggregators. For music broadcast software lists in the cloud, see Content delivery network and Comparison of online music lockers.

* Airtime
* Audicom (First radio automation software—see Radio software)
* Campcaster
* Clickradio
* Juice (aggregator)
* Jamulus (Internet jamming software)
* Moodagent (AI based emotion keyed playlist generator and app)
* Ninjam (Internet jamming software)
* OpenBroadcaster
* Panopto

### Lyrics and vocals

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See also: List of vocoders § Software vocoder models

* Cantor (music software)
* Rhyme Genie (Algorithms and software for rhyming lyrics)
* SingingCoach
* Fast Rhymes (All-in-one tool for lyrics, rhyme search, syllable counter, etc.)

### Audio plug-ins

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Main article: Audio plug-in

* Blackhole, H3000 Factory, SplitEQ (Eventide, Inc.)
* Stutter Edit, Ozone, RX Audio Editor (iZotope)
* Jamstix (Rayzoon Technologies)
* Liquid Rhythm (WaveDNA)
* PCM Native, MPX Native (Lexicon (company))
* NI Massive, Kontakt (software), B4, Electrik Piano, Guitar Rig 2 (Native Instruments)
* OrangeVocoder (Prosoniq)
* SoundFont (Integrates synthesized/sampled MIDI files with recorded music)
* MachFive, Symphonic Instrument (Mark of the Unicorn)

### Music analysis software

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Main article: Musical analysis

See also: Spectrum analyzer

* BeatRoot
* BRP-PACU
* ChucK
* Kyma (sound design language)
* Pure Data
* Platinum Blue Music Intelligence (from Music Xray company)
* Sonic Visualiser
* WaveSurfer

### Music circuit software

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See also: Audio electronics and circuit bending

* Arduinome (software circuit platform)
* CPU Sim
* Electric VLSI Design System
* gLogic
* GNU Circuit Analysis Package
* KTechLab
* Linear Technology (a/d, circuit software, and others.)
* List of free electronics circuit simulators
* LTspice
* Micro-Cap
* MIDIbox (software circuit platform)
* Monome (software circuit platform)
* Ngspice
* Oregano (software)
* Quite Universal Circuit Simulator
* SapWin
* SPICE
* Tenori-on (software circuit platform)

### Music composing software

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See also: Algorithmic composition

* Antescofo
* Director Musices
* Hyperscore
* JFugue
* Keykit
* Kyma (sound design language)
* Max
* Music Mouse (Algorithmic synth and composer)
* Nodal
* Ocarina
* OpenMusic
* PetSynth
* Progression
* Reaktor
* Rubato Composer
* Sibelius

### Music conversion software

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See also: List of audio conversion software

* AIMP
* Audacity
* Brasero
* CDex
* Exact Audio Copy
* FFmpeg
* FL Studio
* foobar2000
* FormatFactory
* Freemake Audio Converter
* Free Studio
* fre:ac
* iTunes
* k3b
* MediaCoder
* MediaHuman Audio Converter
* MediaMonkey
* SoX
* VLC Media Player
* Winamp
* WMA Convert

### Music education software

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This section is about music learning software. For choir and learn-to-sing software, see § Choir and Learn to Sing Software.

Main article: Comparison of music education software

* Soundtrap
* Meludia
* EarMaster
* EarSketch
* GNU Solfege
* Hyperscore
* Reaktor
* Rocksmith
* Synthesia
* WaveSurfer
* Yousician
* MidiStickers
* Chordify

### Music gaming software

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See also: Video game music and Dynamic music

* Beat Saber
* Crypt of the NecroDancer
* osu!
* Music Tech
* Rhythm Core Alpha 2
* Rocksmith

### Music mathematics software

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Main article: Music and mathematics

See also: Society for Mathematics and Computation in Music and Mathematical software

* JFugue
* Julia (programming language)
* Scala
* Wolfram Language

### Music notation software

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Main article: Scorewriter

* Aegis Sonix
* Canorus
* Capella
* Deluxe Music Construction Set
* Denemo
* Dorico
* Encore
* ENT (for typeset mensural notation)
* Finale
* Flat
* Forte
* Frescobaldi
* Gregorio (for Neumes)
* Guitar Pro
* Igor Engraver
* Impro-Visor
* jEdit plugin
* LilyPond
* MagicScore
* Mozart
* Mus2
* MusEdit
* MuseScore
* Music Write
* MusiCAD
* MusicEase
* MusiXTeX
* NoteEdit
* Noteflight
* Notation Composer
* NoteWorthy Composer
* NOTION
* Overture
* Philip's Music Writer (PMW)
* Power Tab Editor
* Progression
* Rosegarden
* SCORE
* ScoreCloud
* Sibelius (Division of Avid Technology since 8/2006. Avid also sells the Pro Tools DAW)
* SmartScore (Focus on Music OCR)
* TuxGuitar

### Music player software

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Main article: Comparison of audio player software

### Music research software

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Main article: Sound and music computing

* ScoreCloud (Notation research)

### Music technology, synthesis and o/s software

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See also: Software synthesizer

* Category:Music software plugin architectures
* Comparison of audio synthesis environments
* DirectMusic
* Moodagent (AI based emotion keyed playlist generator and app)
* Music information retrieval
* Software effect processor
* Sound Recorder (Windows)
* Impromptu (programming environment)
* Keykit
* Max (software)[3]
* SynthFont (a MIDI to WAV converter-- Virtual Studio Technology instruments can be used instead of source files)

### Music visualization software

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Main article: Music visualization

* Advanced Visualization Studio (Justin Frankel) (platform: Windows)
* Cthugha (1993, Kevin "Zaph" Burfitt) (platform: DOS)
* Magic Music Visuals (since 2012, Color & Music, LLC) (platforms: Windows, OS X)
* MilkDrop (2001-2012, Ryan Geiss) reimplemented as projectM (platforms: Windows, Linux, Android)
* Neon (2004, Jeff Minter and Ivan Zorzin) (platform: Xbox 360)
* Psychedelia
* Pure Data
* Virtual Light Machine (1990, Jeff Minter) (platform: Atari Jaguar)
* Visual Music Tone Painter (1992–2004)[4]

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### Orchestration software

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This section is about music orchestration software. For orchestration software as used in information technology, see Orchestration (computing).

* Antescofo
* IRCAM
* OpenMusic
* Orchidée

#### Drums and percussion

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* Liquid Rhythm
* Radiodrum

#### Guitar

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See also: List of guitar tablature software

* Guitar Rig
* Progression
* Line 6
* Rocksmith
* Guitar Pro
* TuxGuitar
* GarageBand
* Logic Pro
* Ableton Live
* Audacity

#### Piano

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* Kurzweil Digital Piano
* Pianoteq (Modartt)
* SGX-1 Premium Piano
* Synthesia
* Virtual piano

#### Pipe organ

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* Hauptwerk produces audio in response to MIDI signal from attached keyboard or from a MIDI sequencer[6]

### Automatic composition software

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Main article: Music and artificial intelligence

See also: Robotic art

* Experiments in Musical Intelligence

### Samplers and sequencers

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See also: Comparison of MIDI editors and sequencers

* Electribe
* Music sequencer
* Propellerhead
* SoundFont

### Soundtrack creation software

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Main article: Soundtrack

See also: Multitrack recording and Sound recording and reproduction

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Soundtrack creation software.

* Anvil Studio
* Ensoniq PARIS
* FL Studio
* FL Studio Mobile
* Mixcraft
* Pro Tools
* Sound Forge
* Soundtrap
* SpectraLayers
* WaveLab

### Trackers

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Main article: Music tracker

Historical tracker software:

* SoundMonitor (C64, 1986)
* Ultimate Soundtracker (Amiga, 1987)
* NoiseTracker (Amiga, 1989)
* OctaMED (Amiga, 1989)
* Protracker (Amiga, 1990)
* ScreamTracker (PC, 1994)
* FastTracker 2 (PC, 1994)
* Impulse Tracker (PC, 1995)

Name  | Latest update  | License  | OS versions  | File format support  | VST
support  | ASIO
output

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Windows | OS X | Linux | MID | MOD | XM | IT | S3M
Renoise | 7 May 2024 (2024-05-07) | Proprietary | Yes  | Yes  | Yes  | Read only  | Read only  | Read only  | Read only  | No  | Yes  | Yes
OpenMPT | 29 June 2025  | BSD | Yes  | Yes (via Wine)  | Yes (via Wine)  | Yes  | Yes  | Yes  | Yes  | Yes  | Yes  | Yes
SoundTracker | 17 March 2024 (2024-03-17) | GPL  | No  | No  | Yes  | No  | Yes  | Yes  | No  | No  | No  | No
MilkyTracker | 25 November 2024 (2024-11-25) | GPL  | Yes  | Yes  | Yes  | No  | Yes  | Yes  | Read only  | Read only  | No  | Yes
Buzztrax | 6 January 2016  | LGPL | Yes  | Yes  | Yes  | Read only  | Read only  | Read only  | Read only  | No  | Yes  | Yes
Ultradaw | 10 May 2025 (2025-05-10) | Proprietary | Yes  | No  | No  | Yes  | No  | No  | No  | No  | Yes  | Yes

### Virtual Studio Technology hosting software

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* Ableton Live
* ACID Pro
* Adobe Audition
* Adobe Premiere Elements
* Adobe Premiere Pro
* Acoustica Mixcraft
* Ardour (open source)
* Audacity (open source, Windows, Linux and Mac platforms only[7])
* AudioMulch
* Band-in-a-Box
* Cakewalk by BandLab
* Deckadance
* Digital Performer (version 8 or higher)
* FL Studio
* GoldWave
* Jeskola Buzz
* LMMS (open source)
* Logic Pro
* Magix Music Maker
* Max MSP
* ModPlug Tracker
* MultitrackStudio
* n-Track Studio
* NOTION
* REAPER
* Reason
* Renoise
* Samplitude
* Sony Acid Pro
* Sony Sound Forge
* Sony Vegas
* Soundtrap
* Steinberg Cubase
* Steinberg Nuendo
* Studio One
* Steinberg Wavelab
* Traktor
* Ultradaw
* Vocaloid
* WavePad Audio Editor
* Podium

### Virtual synthesizer and studio software

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See also: Virtual Studio Technology

Main category: Software synthesizers

* Amsynth
* Minimoog
* Reaktor (software creation of instrument)
* Reason (DAW and virtual recording studio, integrated with Record)
* Spire
* VCV Rack
* ZynAddSubFX

### Wave editors

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* Audition
* Audacity
* Goldwave
* Sound Forge
* WavePad Audio Editor

## See also

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Main articles: Outline of music and Index of music articles

* Music portal
* Internet portal

* Audio editing software
* Comparison of audio synthesis environments
* Comparison of digital audio editors
* Comparison of free software for audio
* Comparison of MIDI editors and sequencers
* Comparison of scorewriters
* List of audio conversion software
* List of audio programming languages
* List of Linux audio software
* List of scorewriters
* Music technology

## References

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1. ^ "Short History of Computer Music". UCSC.edu. Retrieved 11 June 2015.
2. ^ Twells, John. "The 14 pieces of software that shaped modern music". Fact Mag. Archived from the original on Apr 23, 2014. Retrieved 11 June 2015.
3. ^ "Music & Math". Retrieved 5 January 2017.
4. ^ Intelligence, new visions of artificial intelligence in practice. Vol. 11\. Association for Computing Machinery. 2000.
5. ^ Peter, Alex. "Music Booking Agent". Retrieved 22 February 2023.
6. ^ Thomas Wichmann, The Hauptwerk Computer Program, Review in The American Organist, July 2004
7. ^ "VST plug-ins". Audacity Wiki.

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Audio editing software

Free and open-source|

* Ardour
* Audacity
* Ecasound
* Gnome Wave Cleaner
* Jokosher
* LMMS
* MusE
* Qtractor
* Rosegarden
* SoX
* Sweep
* Traverso
* WaveSurfer

Proprietary|

* Ableton Live
* Acid Pro
* Acoustica
* Adobe Audition
* Anvil Studio
* AudioDesk
* Bitwig Studio
* Cakewalk by BandLab
* CapCut
* DC-Art
* Digital Performer
* FL Studio
* FL Studio Mobile
* GarageBand
* GoldWave
* Harrison Mixbus
* KRISTAL Audio Engine
* Logic Pro
* Magix Samplitude
* Making Waves
* Mixcraft
* MuLab
* MultitrackStudio
* n-Track Studio
* Pro Tools
* Reason
* ReCycle
* Renoise
* SAWStudio
* Sound Forge
* SpectraLayers
* Steinberg Cubase
* Steinberg Nuendo
* Steinberg WaveLab
* Studio One
* Synapse Orion
* Total Recorder
* Tracktion Waveform
* Vegas Pro
* WavePad
* Z-Maestro
* Zynewave Podium

Defunct|

* Adobe Soundbooth
* BIAS Peak
* Ensoniq Paris
* Logic Express
* Logic Studio
* Record
* SoundDroid
* SoundEdit
* Soundscape Digital Technology
* Soundscape R.Ed
* Soundtrack Pro
* TC Works Spark

See also|

* Comparison of digital audio editors
* Comparison of free software for audio
* List of music software
* List of Linux audio software
* Comparison of MIDI editors and sequencers

* Comparison
* Category

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Computer music

People|

* Marc Battier
* Richard Boulanger
* David Cope
* John Chowning
* Giuseppe di Giugno
* Charles Dodge
* Gottfried Michael Koenig
* Paul Lansky
* Max Mathews
* Gérard Pape
* Miller Puckette
* Roger Reynolds
* Jean-Claude Risset
* Curtis Roads
* Laurie Spiegel
* The Hub
* Trimpin
* Barry Vercoe
* Iannis Xenakis

Programs and
instruments|

* ChucK
* Composers Desktop Project
* Csound
* FAUST
* HMSL
* Kyma
* Laptop orchestra
* Max/MSP
* MIDI controller
* Music Mouse
* Pure Data
* MUSIC-N
* Radiodrum
* Riffusion
* Sonic Pi
* SuperCollider
* TidalCycles
* UPIC

Places|

* Bell Labs
* CCRMA
* CEMAMu
* Computer Music Center at Columbia
* Experimental Music Studios
* ICEM
* ICMA
* IRCAM
* Center for New Music and Audio Technologies
* Princeton Sound Lab
* Oberlin TIMARA Labs
* IEM

Techniques|

* Algorithmic composition
* Artificial intelligence
* Sound synthesis
* Digital synthesis

Compositions|

* Illiac Suite
* Mortuos Plango, Vivos Voco

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Electronic and electroacoustic music

Techniques|

* Circuit bending
* Computer music
* Experimental music
* Hyperinstrument
* Loop
* Tape loop
* Microsound
* Musique concrète
* Noise music
* Octophonic sound

By country|

* Chile
* France
* Germany

Active
organizations|

* Computer Music Center
* Electronic Music Foundation
* Groupe de Recherches Musicales
* Institute of Sonology
* ICEM
* ICMA
* IRCAM
* NIME
* SEAMUS
* STEIM
* Toonzaal Studio
* WORM studio

Inactive
organizations|

* BBC Radiophonic Workshop
* Philips Natuurkundig Laboratorium
* NHK
* San Francisco Tape Music Center
* Studio d'Essai
* Studio for Electronic Music (WDR, Cologne)
* Studio di fonologia musicale di Radio Milano

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Media player software

Free software

| Windows|

* Media Player Classic
* MediaPortal
* Mpxplay

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Linux|

| active|

* JuK
* Kaffeine
* Music on Console
* Noise
* Parole
* Rhythmbox
* GNOME Videos
* Xine

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inactive|

* Muine
* Ogle DVD Player
* XMMS
* XMMS2
* Guayadeque
* Baudline
* Helix

Cross-platform|

| active|

* Amarok
* Audacious
* DeaDBeeF
* Exaile
* ffplay
* Kodi
* Mpg123
* MPlayer/mpv (IINA, SMPlayer)
* Music Player Daemon
* MusikCube
* qmmp
* Quod Libet
* VLC

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inactive|

* Banshee
* Miro
* Songbird
* Zinf
* Clementine

Freeware

| Windows|

* AIMP
* Dell MediaDirect
* GOM Player
* Groove Music (discontinued)
* jetAudio
* KMPlayer
* MediaMonkey
* Media Go (discontinued)
* Microsoft Movies & TV
* Microsoft Photos
* Mod4Win
* MusicBee
* MusikCube
* InterActual Player
* PotPlayer
* QuickTime (discontinued)
* Winamp
* Windows Media Player (2022)

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Cross-platform|

* DivX Player
* foobar2000
* iTunes
* Plex
* QuickTime
* RealPlayer

Commercial (proprietary)

| Windows|

* CD Player
* Connect Player
* DVD Player
* JRiver Media Center
* PowerDVD
* ArcSoft TotalMedia Theatre
* WinDVD
* Windows Media Player Legacy

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macOS|

* DVD Player
* Peel

Mobile|

* Core Pocket Media Player
* doubleTwist
* Music (Xperia)
* Musicolet
* RealPlayer
* Winamp

Lists

* Video players
* Audio players
* Free software audio players
* Personal video recorders

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Lists of music genres and styles

General lists|

* Music genres and styles
* A–F
* G–M
* N–R
* S–Z
* Microgenres
* Uses accordion

Genres|

* Classical and art music traditions
* Electronic
* Ambient
* Breakbeat
* EDM
* Hardstyle
* House
* Industrial
* Techno
* Trance
* Popular
* Country
* Hip hop
* Jazz
* Reggae
* Rock
* Heavy metal
* Punk rock
* Hardcore punk

Themes and movements|

* Historically informed performance
* Martial
* Progressive
* Psychedelic

Cultural and regional genres|

* Caribbean
* Folk traditions
* American
* Central
* North
* South
* Asian
* Caribbean
* European
* Middle Eastern and North African
* Oceanic and Australian
* Sub-Saharan African
* Gamelan

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