Style and Genre List
These v3 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 | Genre | Type |
---|---|---|
Danceable | Country | Background |
- Dance | - Appalachian | - Elevator |
- Festive | - Bluegrass | - Jingle |
- Groovy | - Country | - Muzak |
- Mid-Tempo | - Folk | Call to Prayer |
- Syncopated | - Freak Folk | - Adan |
- Tipsy | - Western | - Adjan |
Dark | Dance | - Call to Prayer |
- Atmospheric | - Afro-Cuban | - Gregorian Chant |
- Cold | - Dance Pop | Character |
- Dark | - Disco | - I Want Song |
- Doom | - Dubstep | - Hero Theme |
- Dramatic | - Disco Funk | - Strut |
- Sinister | - EDM | - March |
Eclectic | - Electro | - Military |
- Adjunct | - High-NRG | - Villain Theme |
- Art | - House | Children |
- Capriccio | - Trance | - Lullaby |
- Mellifluous | Downtempo | - Nursery Rhyme |
- Nü | - Ambient | - Sing-along |
- Progressive | - Downtempo | - Toddler |
- Unusual | - Synthwave | Composer |
Emotion | - Trap | - Adagio |
- Anthemic | Electronic | - Adjunct |
- Emotional | - Ambient | - Andante |
- Happy | - Cyberpunk | - Allegro |
- Jubilant | - Drum’n’bass | - Capriccio |
- Melancholy | - Dubstep | Instruments |
- Sad | - Electronic | - Acoustic Guitar |
Hard | - Hypnogogical | - Bass |
- Aggressive | - IDM | - Doublebass |
- Banger | - Phonk | - Electricbass |
- Power | - Synthpop | - Electric Guitar |
- Stadium | - Techno | - Fingerstyle Guitar |
- Stomp | - Trap | - Percussion |
Lyrical | Jazz/Soul | Noise |
- Broadway | - Bebop | - Chaotic |
- Cabaret | - Gospel | - Distorted |
- Lounge | - Electro | - Glitch |
- Operatic | - Frutiger Aero | - Noise |
- Storytelling | - Jazz | - Random |
- Torch-Lounge | - Latin Jazz | - Stuttering |
- Theatrical | - RnB | Orchestral |
- Troubadour | - Soul | - glissando trombone |
- Vegas | Latin | - legato cello |
Magical | - Bossa Nova | - Orchestral |
- Ethereal | - Latin Jazz | - spiccato violins |
- Majestic | - Forró | - staccato viola |
- Mysterious | - Mambo | - Symphonic |
Minimal | - Salsa | Retro |
- Ambient | - Tango | - 1960s |
- Cinematic | Reggae | - Barbershop |
- Heat | - Afrobeat | - Big Band |
- Minimal | - Dancehall | - Classic |
- Slow | - Dub | - Doo Wop |
- Sparse | - Reggae | - Girl Group |
Party | - Reggaeton | - Mambo |
- German Schlager | Metal | - Salooncore |
- Glam | - Black Metal | - Swing |
- Glitter | - Deathcore | Traditional |
- Groovy | - Death Metal | - Suffix |
Soft | - Heavy Metal | - …core |
- Ambient | - Heavy Metal Trap | - …jam |
- Bedroom | - Metalcore | - …out |
- Chillwave | - Nu Metal | - …wave |
- Ethereal | - Power Metal | - Traditional |
- Intimate | Popular | - Americana |
- Heat | - Pop | - Barbershop |
- Sadcore | - Dance Pop | - Christmas Carol |
Weird | - Pop Rock | - Traditional |
- Carnival | - Kpop | Voice |
- Distorted | - Jpop | - A Cappella |
- Glitchy | - RnB | - Arabian Ornamental |
- Haunted | - Synthpop | - Dispassionate |
- Hollow | Rock | - Emotional |
- Musicbox | - Classic Rock | - Ethereal |
- Random | - Blues Rock | - Gregorian chant |
World/Ethnic | - Emo | - Hindustani |
- Arabian | - Glam Rock | - Lounge Singer |
- Bangra | - Hardcore Punk | - Melismatic |
- Calypso | - Indie | - Monotone |
- Chalga | - Industrial Rock | - Narration |
- Egyptian | - Punk | - Resonant |
- Hindustani | - Rock | - Spoken Word |
- Hōgaku | - Skate Rock | - Sprechgesang |
- Jewish Music | - Skatecore | - Sultry |
- Klezmer | - Suomipop | - Scream |
- Matsuri | Urban | - Torchy |
- Middle East | - Funk | - Vocaloid |
- Polka | - Electro | |
- Russian Navy Song | - HipHop | |
- Suomipop | - RnB | |
- Tribal | - Phonk | |
- Rap | ||
- Trap |