List of folk music traditions

Folk music is one of the major divisions of music, now often divided into traditional folk music and contemporary folk music. There are many styles of folk music, all of which can be classified into various traditions, generally based around some combination of ethnic, racial, religious, tribal, political or geographic boundaries.

North, Central, South American and the Caribbean
Asia: East, Southeast, Northern, Central, Caucasus and South Asia
Europe: Northern, Eastern, Southeastern, Western and Southern Europe
Middle East and North Africa: Southwest Asia, North Africa
Oceania and Australia: Polynesia, Australasia, Melanesia, Micronesia
Sub-Saharan Africa: East, Southern, Central and West Africa

As well as dividing songs according to geography, it is possible to categorise them by subject matter:

Other folk music relates to social events:

Lists of music genres and styles

Music styles	A–F G–M N–R S–Z Cultural and regional

Genres and movements	Brass & Military Children's Classical and art music traditions European classical music Opera Electronic Ambient Breakbeat Drum and bass Electro Electroacoustic Electronica EDM Eurodance Hardcore Hardstyle Mákina Hi-NRG House Chicago Electro Moombahton Ghetto Hard Microhouse Industrial Rock Alternative dance Synthpop Techno Trance Goa Hard Psychedelic Uplifting Trip hop UK garage Dubstep Grime Folk Traditional Religious Stage & Screen Cabaret Music Hall Musical Soundtrack Popular Blues Country Bluegrass Rock Dance Disco Electronic Funk Hip hop East Coast Midwest Southern West Coast Jazz Afro-Cuban Dixieland Fusion Acid jazz Jazz rap Smooth jazz Modal West Coast Latin Pop C-pop Europop Reggae R&B Rock Alternative Britpop Post-Britpop Grunge Post-grunge Indie rock Indie pop Dunedin Sound Post-punk revival Metal Extreme Black Death Doom Thrash Glam Grindcore Industrial Metalcore Nu Power Progressive Progressive Psychedelic Punk Anarcho Folk Hardcore Post-hardcore Emo Screamo Ska Soul

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