Style and Genre List

These v2 tested style-words, genres, sub-genres, and song-types can be combined to create interesting style prompts, but this list will never be complete – our list is missing many world genres and regional sounds, not to mention all the undiscovered style words used in everyday language.

Style

Danceable

  • Dance
  • Festive
  • Groovy
  • Mid-Tempo
  • Syncopated
  • Tipsy

Dark

  • Atmospheric
  • Cold
  • Dark
  • Doom
  • Dramatic
  • Sinister

Eclectic

  • Adjunct
  • Art
  • Capriccio
  • Mellifluous
  • Progressive
  • Unusual

Emotion

  • Anthemic
  • Emotional
  • Happy
  • Jubilant
  • Melancholy
  • Sad

Hard

  • Aggressive
  • Banger
  • Power
  • Stadium
  • Stomp

Lyrical

  • Broadway
  • Cabaret
  • Lounge
  • Operatic
  • Storytelling
  • Torch-Lounge
  • Theatrical
  • Troubadour
  • Vegas

Magical

  • Ethereal
  • Majestic
  • Mysterious

Minimal

  • Ambient
  • Cinematic
  • Heat
  • Minimal
  • Slow
  • Sparse

Party

  • German Schlager
  • Glam
  • Glitter
  • Groovy

Soft

  • Ambient
  • Bedroom
  • Chillwave
  • Ethereal
  • Intimate
  • Heat
  • Sadcore

Weird

  • Carnival
  • Distorted
  • Glitchy
  • Haunted
  • Hollow
  • Musicbox
  • Random

World/Ethnic

  • Arabian
  • Bangra
  • Calypso
  • Chalga
  • Egyptian
  • Hindustani
  • Hōgaku
  • Jewish Music
  • Klezmer
  • Matsuri
  • Middle East
  • Polka
  • Russian Navy Song
  • Suomipop
  • Tribal

Genre

Country

  • Appalachian
  • Bluegrass
  • Country
  • Folk
  • Freak Folk
  • Western

Dance

  • Afro-Cuban
  • Dance Pop
  • Disco
  • Dubstep
  • Disco Funk
  • EDM
  • Electro
  • High-NRG
  • House
  • Trance

Downtempo

  • Ambient
  • Downtempo
  • Synthwave
  • Trap

Electronic

  • Ambient
  • Cyberpunk
  • Drum’n’bass
  • Dubstep
  • Electronic
  • Hypnogogical
  • IDM
  • Phonk
  • Synthpop
  • Techno
  • Trap

Jazz/Soul

  • Bebop
  • Gospel
  • Electro
  • Frutiger Aero
  • Jazz
  • Latin Jazz
  • RnB
  • Soul

Latin

  • Bossa Nova
  • Latin Jazz
  • Forró
  • Mambo
  • Salsa
  • Tango

Reggae

  • Afrobeat
  • Dancehall
  • Dub
  • Reggae
  • Reggaeton

Metal

  • Black Metal
  • Deathcore
  • Death Metal
  • Heavy Metal
  • Heavy Metal Trap
  • Metalcore
  • Nu Metal
  • Power Metal

Popular

  • Pop
  • Dance Pop
  • Pop Rock
  • Kpop
  • Jpop
  • RnB
  • Synthpop

Rock

  • Classic Rock
  • Blues Rock
  • Emo
  • Glam Rock
  • Hardcore Punk
  • Indie
  • Industrial Rock
  • Punk
  • Rock
  • Skate Rock
  • Skatecore
  • Suomipop

Urban

  • Funk
  • Electro
  • HipHop
  • RnB
  • Phonk
  • Rap
  • Trap

Type

Background

  • Elevator
  • Jingle
  • Muzak

Call to Prayer

  • Adan
  • Adjan
  • Call to Prayer
  • Gregorian Chant

Character

  • I Want Song
  • Hero Theme
  • Strut
  • March
  • Military
  • Villain Theme

Children

  • Lullaby
  • Nursery Rhyme
  • Sing-along
  • Toddler

Composer

  • Adagio
  • Adjunct
  • Andante
  • Allegro
  • Capriccio

Instruments

  • Acoustic Guitar
  • Bass
  • Doublebass
  • Electricbass
  • Electric Guitar
  • Fingerstyle Guitar
  • Percussion

Noise

  • Chaotic
  • Distorted
  • Glitch
  • Noise
  • Random
  • Stuttering

Orchestral

  • glissando trombone
  • legato cello
  • Orchestral
  • spiccato violins
  • staccato viola
  • Symphonic

Retro

  • 1960s
  • Barbershop
  • Big Band
  • Classic
  • Doo Wop
  • Girl Group
  • Mambo
  • Salooncore
  • Swing
  • Traditional

Suffix

  • …core
  • …jam
  • …out
  • …wave

Traditional

  • Americana
  • Barbershop
  • Christmas Carol
  • Traditional

Voice

  • A Cappella
  • Arabian Ornamental
  • Dispassionate
  • Emotional
  • Ethereal
  • Gregorian chant
  • Hindustani
  • Lounge Singer
  • Melismatic
  • Monotone
  • Narration
  • Resonant
  • Spoken Word
  • Sprechgesang
  • Sultry
  • Scream
  • Torchy
  • Vocaloid