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Music genres that start with S
The full list of music genres starting with S: 28 names, taken from the 268 answers to “Name a music genre” in Icillion.
Music genres that begin with S
- Salsa
- Samba
- Schlager
- Screamo
- Sea shanty
- Semba
- Serialism
- Sertanejo
- Sevdah
- Shoegaze
- Singer-songwriter
- Ska
- Sludge metal
- Smooth jazz
- Snap
- Soca
- Son cubano
- Soukous
- Soul
- Soundtrackalso Film score
- Spectral music
- Speedcore
- Stoner rock
- Stride
- Swing
- Symphonic metal
- Synth-popalso Synthpop
- Synthwave
About this list
- S is the most common first letter in this list: 28 of the 268 music genres (10%).
- Shortest: “Ska”. Longest: “Singer-songwriter”.
- 7 names have more than one word.
- 2 can be spelled more than one way, and all the spellings count.
Quick answers
- How many music genres start with S?
- 28 of the 268 music genres in Icillion start with S, for example Soul, Soundtrack and Synth-pop.
- What is the longest name among music genres that start with S?
- The longest is “Singer-songwriter” and the shortest is “Ska”.
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