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Pachanga

Pachanga is a genre of music which is described as a mixture of son montuno and merengue and has an accompanying signature style of dance. This type of music has a festive, lively style and is marked

Paean

A paean or pean () is a song or lyric poem expressing triumph or thanksgiving. In classical antiquity, it is usually performed by a chorus, but some examples seem intended for an individual voice

Pagan metal

Pagan metal is a genre of heavy metal music which fuses extreme metal with "the pre-Christian traditions of a specific culture or region" through thematic concept, rustic melodies, unusual

Pagan rock

Pagan rock is a genre of rock music created by neopagans and which contains themes of neopagan beliefs and traditions. It can also be used to describe bands which are not strictly pagan but are

Pagode

Pagode () is a Brazilian style of music that originated in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, as a subgenre of samba. Pagode originally meant a celebration with food, music, dance, and party, which stems from

Pagode baiano

Paisley Underground

Paisley Underground is a musical genre that originated in California. It was particularly popular in Los Angeles, reaching a peak in the mid-1980s. Paisley Underground bands incorporated psychedelia,

Pakistani folk music

Pakistani folk music refers to the local genre of folk music that originates from

Pakistani hip-hop

Pakistani hip-hop is a music genre in Pakistan, heavily influenced by merging American hip-hop style beats with Pakistani poetry. The genre was initially dominated by English and Punjabi, but in

Pakistani popular music

Pakistani popular music or shortly Pak-pop music refers to popular music forms in Pakistan. Pakistani pop is a mixture of traditional Pakistani classical music and western influences of jazz, rock

Pakistani rock

Pakistani rock is a variety of rock music that is largely produced in Pakistan. Pakistani rock incorporates elements of both British–American rock and Pakistani classical music. Since the 1980s,

Palenquero music

Palenquero music relates to the musical traditions that come from a small community in Colombia called, San Basillo de Palenque. This an area in Northern Colombia where escaped slaves came to during

Palestinian hip-hop

Palestinian hip-hop reportedly started in 1998 with Tamer Nafar's group DAM. These Palestinian youth forged the new Palestinian musical subgenre, which blends Arabic melodies and hip hop beats.

Palingsound

Palingsound (; 'European eel sound') is the unique musical sound attributed to a subgenre of Dutch pop music called palingpop ('Eel Pop'). 'Palingsound' is also frequently used as a synonym for the

Palm Desert Scene

The Palm Desert Scene is a group of related bands and musicians from Palm Desert, California. Their hard rock sound – sometimes described as desert rock – contains elements of heavy metal,

Palm-wine music

Palm-Wine Music is a traditional West African popular music genre that developed along the coastal regions of present-day Ghana, Sierra Leone, Liberia, and Nigeria in the late nineteenth century. The

Palo de Mayo

Palo de Mayo (; or ¡M ayo Ya!) is a type of Afro-Caribbean dance with sensual movements that forms part of the culture of several communities in the RAAS region in Nicaragua, as well as Belize, the

Palo music

Palo, also known as atabales is a Dominican (Dominican Republic) sacred music that can be found through the island. The drum and human voice are the principal instruments. Palo is played at religious

Pambiche

Pambiche is a Dominican music genre and dance form derived from merengue típico, the traditional style of merengue. It has a slower tempo than standard merengue and its tambora rhythm is based on the

Pansori

() is a Korean genre of musical storytelling performed by a singer and a drummer. The term is a compounds of the Korean words and , the latter of which means "sound." However, pan has multiple

Pantomime

Pantomime (; informally panto) is a type of musical comedy stage production designed for family entertainment, generally combining broad and topical humour and cross-dressing actors with a story more

Paranda (music)

Paranda is both a Garifuna rhythm and music with Arawak and African elements which utilizes rhythmic ostinatos in duple meter. Although similar to punta, paranda is distinguished by its faster rhythm

Parang

Parang is a popular folk music originating from Venezuela and Trinidad and Tobago that was brought to Trinidad and Tobago by Venezuelan migrants who were primarily of Amerindian, Spanish, Mestizo,

Parlour music

Parlour music (or parlor music) is a type of popular music which, as the name suggests, is intended to be performed in the parlours of houses, usually by amateur singers and pianists. Disseminated as

Parody mass

A parody mass is a musical setting of the mass, typically from the 16th century, that uses multiple voices of a pre-existing piece of music, such as a fragment of a motet or a secular chanson, as

Parody music

Parody music, or musical parody, involves changing or copying existing (usually well known) musical ideas, and/or lyrics, or copying the particular style of a composer or performer, or even a general

Parranda

A parranda (English: party or spree ) is a Puerto Rican music tradition that takes place in Puerto Rico during the Christmas holiday season. Parrandas are social events that feature traditional

Part song

A part song, part-song or partsong is a form of choral music that consists of a song to a secular or non-liturgical sacred text, written or arranged for several vocal parts. Part songs are commonly

Parthian music

The Parthian Empire, a major state of ancient Iran, lasted from 247 BCE to 224 CE, in which music played a prominent role. It featured in festivals, weddings, education, warfare and other social

Partido alto

Partido Alto refers to a type of samba with a number of particularities. In the world of samba subgenres and in samba reunions, partido alto songs (informally called partidos) can represent a time

Partita

A partita (also partie, partia, parthia, or parthie; a term borrowed from the Italian word ) closely resembles the dance suites of the Baroque Period; the word often occurs as a synonym of suite and

Partyschlager

Partyschlager (also called Party-Schlager and Partymusik) après-ski, carnival, Oktoberfest, or Wiesn

Pashto music

Pashto music () or Də ṭang-ṭakór is commonly performed in Afghanistan and Pakistan among Pashtun

Pasillo

Pasillo () is an Ecuadorean and Colombian genre of music popular in the territories that composed the 19th century Viceroyalty of New Granada: Born in the Andes during the independence wars, it

Pasodoble

Pasodoble (Spanish: double step) is a fast-paced Spanish military march used by infantry troops. Its speed allowed troops to give 120 steps per minute (double the average of a regular unit, hence its

Passacaglia

The passacaglia (; ) is a musical form that originated in early seventeenth-century Spain and is still used today by composers. It is usually of a serious character and is typically based on a

Passion (music)

In Christian music, a Passion is a setting of the Passion of Christ. Liturgically, most Passions were intended to be performed as part of church services in the Holy Week. Passion settings developed

Patter song

The patter song is characterised by a moderately fast to very fast tempo with a rapid succession of rhythmic patterns in which each syllable of text corresponds to one note. The lyric of a patter

Patua Sangeet

Patua Sangeet or Poter Gan is a cultural tradition of Bengal Patachitra. It is performed by a Patua. It is famous in the village part of West Bengal like Birbhum, Jhargram, Bardhaman and Murshidabad

Pavane

The pavane ( ; , padovana; ) is a slow processional dance common in Europe during the 16th century (Renaissance). The pavane, the earliest-known music for which was published in Venice by Ottaviano

Payada

The payada is a folk music tradition native to Argentina, Uruguay, southern Brazil, and south Paraguay as part of the Gaucho culture and Gaucho literature. In Chile it is called paya and performed by