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Music genres with 5 letters
These are the five-letter music genres in Icillion: 39 names, from “Banda” to “Timba”.
Music genres that are 5 letters long
- Banda
- Bebop
- Benga
- Blues
- Bomba
- Cajun
- Crunk
- Dabke
- Disco
- Djent
- Doina
- Drill
- Forro
- Gnawa
- Grime
- House
- Hyphy
- Indie
- Kompa
- Latin
- Mambo
- Mento
- Metal
- Morna
- Motet
- Noise
- Opera
- Phonk
- Plena
- Polka
- Ragga
- Rumba
- Salsa
- Samba
- Semba
- Swing
- Tango
- Tarab
- Timba
About this list
- 39 of the 268 music genres have exactly 5 letters (15%).
- Most start with B (5), D (5) and M (5).
- Only names of one word are counted, and only their letters: spaces, hyphens and apostrophes are not.
Quick answers
- What are some five-letter music genres?
- 39 of the 268 music genres in Icillion have exactly 5 letters, for example Blues, Indie and Opera.
- Which five-letter music genres start with B?
- B is the most common first letter here, with 5 names, such as Banda, Bebop, Benga, Blues and Bomba.
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