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Genres and styles whose names start with KO.

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Koliadka

Koliadka are traditional songs usually sung in Eastern Slavic, Central European and Eastern European countries during the Christmas holiday season. It is believed that everything sung about will come

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Kolomyika

The kolomyika (, ; also spelled kolomeyka or kolomeike) is a Hutsul (Ukrainian) music genre that combines a fast-paced folk dance and comedic rhymed verses (). It includes a type of performance dance

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Komagaku

Komagaku (高麗楽) is a style of gagaku, the traditional court music of Japan. It developed primarily during the Heian period and is based largely on musical traditions transmitted from Koguryeo and

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Konkani liturgical music

Konkani liturgical music refers to the sacred music used in the liturgy in the Konkani language. Konkani is used in liturgy in the Archdiocese of Goa and Daman, and the dioceses of Mangalore, Karwar,

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Konnakol

Konnakol (also spelled Konokol, Konakkol, Konnakkol) ( koṉṉakkōl) () is the art of performing percussion syllables vocally in South Indian Carnatic music. Konnakol is derived from Telugu (koni - to

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Könsrock

Könsrock (Swedish for Genitalia rock) is a Swedish music genre characterized by off-color humor, dealing with subjects such as handicapped people, disorders and diseases, homosexuality, and Nazism,

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Kontakion

A kontakion (Greek , kondákion, plural κοντάκια, kondákia) is a form of hymn in the Byzantine liturgical tradition. The kontakion form originated in Syriac hymnography and gained prominence in

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Kontradans

Kontradans, or the French-Haitian Contredanse, is creolized dance music formed in the 18th century in the French colony of Saint-Domingue (Haiti) that evolved from the English contra dance, or

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Koothu

Koothu, or Therukoothu, is an ancient Tamil art form, where artists enacted scenes from epics and folklore with dance and music. It is a form of storytelling art that originated in the early

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Koplo

Koplo or dangdut koplo is a subgenre of dangdut, Indonesian popular dance & folk music, that originated in East Java during the early 2000s. The genre gets its name from the slang term "koplo", which

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Korean ballad

Korean ballad, also known as K-ballad (often simply referred to by South Koreans as ballad; ), is a style of music in South Korea and a genre in which soul and rhythm and blues music is transformed

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Korean court music

Korean court music () comprises three main musical genres: aak, an imported form of Chinese ritual music; a pure Korean form called hyangak; and a combination of Chinese and Korean styles called

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Korean hip-hop

Korean hip-hop, also known as K-hip-hop or K-rap, is a subgenre of the South Korean popular music. It is widely considered to have originated in the late 1980s and early 1990s, and has since become

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Korean indie

Korean indie, referring to independent music in South Korea, developed in the 1990s in Hongdae, an area of Northwestern Seoul. It is widely regarded as the counterpart to K-pop; whereas K-pop is

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Korean revolutionary opera

Korean revolutionary opera () is a tradition of revolutionary opera in North Korea inspired by Chinese Revolutionary Opera which blossomed during the Cultural Revolution. It is characterized by a

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Korean rock

Korean rock () is rock music from South Korea. It has roots in American rock, which was imported to South Korea by U.S. soldiers fighting in the Korean War and stationing in U.S. military bases in

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Kōshiki

is a musical genre used in Japanese Buddhism rituals. It originated from the Tendai belief in the late tenth century, and later spread to other Buddhist schools. It is a form of narrative music, and

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Kosmische Musik

Kosmische Musik ("cosmic music") is a music genre of 1970s German electronic music which makes extensive use of synthesizers and incorporates themes related to space or otherworldliness; it is also

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Kosovan folk music

Kosovan folk music is rich with rare and unique elements. Kosovo's folklore claims roots in the 6th–5th centuries

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Kouta (music)

is a type of traditional Japanese music that originated in the red-light districts of Edo period (1603–1868) Japan, before developing further and experiencing wider popularity in the geisha districts

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