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Genres and styles whose names start with AL.

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Al jeel

Al jeel, also known as jeel, geel (Egyptian Arabic), is an Egyptian alternative to foreign popular forms of music that developed in the 1970s. Modeled after foreign rock and roll and pop music, al

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Alaskan hip-hop

Alaskan hip-hop is a resurgent subgenre of hip-hop within the state of Alaska, primarily in the metropolitan areas of Anchorage and Fairbanks, and to a lesser extent Juneau. Despite its remote

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Albanian iso-polyphony

Iso-Polyphony () is a traditional part of Albanian folk music and, as such, is included in UNESCO's intangible cultural heritage list. Albanian Iso-Polyphony is considered to have its roots in the

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Album-oriented rock

Album-oriented rock (AOR, originally album-oriented radio) is a radio format created in the United States in the late 1960s that focuses on the full repertoire of rock albums and is currently

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Aleatoric music

Aleatoric music (also aleatory music or chance music; from the Latin word alea, meaning "dice") is music in which some element of the composition is left to chance, some primary element of a composed

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Algorave

An algorave (from an algorithm and rave) is an event where people dance to music generated from algorithms, often using live coding techniques. Alex McLean of Slub and Nick Collins coined the word

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Alpine folk music

Alpine folk music (; German's Volksmusik means "people's music" or as a Germanic connotative translation, "folk's music" ) is the common umbrella designation of a number of related styles of

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Alpini songs

The Alpini are a mountain infantry corps of the Italian Army, that distinguished itself in combat during World War I and World War II. They are also famous in Italy for their songs and choirs. The

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Alté

Alté (locally pronounced as "ahl-teh") is a fusion genre of music that combines elements of afrobeats, dancehall, reggae, hip hop, and alternative R&B. The term was coined in the 2010s by Nigerian

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Alternative country

Alternative country (commonly abbreviated to alt-country; insurgent country, Americana, or y'allternative ) is a loosely defined subgenre of country music that includes acts that differ significantly

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Alternative dance

Alternative dance (also known as indie dance or underground dance in the United States ) is a musical genre that mixes alternative rock with electronic dance music. Although largely confined to the

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Alternative hip-hop

Alternative hip-hop (also known as alternative rap) is a subgenre of hip-hop defined by artists who reject the genre's traditional stereotypes, particularly those popularized by old-school hip-hop

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Alternative metal

Alternative metal (also known as alt-metal and grunge metal ) is a genre of heavy metal music that combines heavy metal with influences from alternative rock and other genres not normally associated

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Alternative pop

Alternative pop (also known as alt-pop) is pop music with broad commercial appeal that is made by figures outside the mainstream, or which is considered more original, challenging, or eclectic than

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Alternative R&B

Alternative R&B (also referred to as alt-R&B, indie R&B, and originally known as PBR&B, hipster R&B, emo R&B, or R-Neg-B It is considered to be "more progressive and diverse" than its mainstream

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Alternative reggaeton

Alternative reggaeton is a subgenre of reggaeton that emerged from the reggaeton movement as a reaction to its repetitive and monotone dembow rhythm, and the predominant stereotypical gangsta content

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Alternative rock

Alternative rock (also known as alternative music, alt-rock or simply alternative) is a category of rock music that evolved from the independent music underground of the 1970s. Alternative rock acts

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