For me it’s grunge music that tops my G list of musical genres. Closely followed by gospel music and a worthy mention to Glam Rock. Gee, the G’s are all looking good today.
G-funk – style of West Coast gangster rap
Gaana – upbeat Tamil dance song performed at celebrations
Gabber – a faster, more anarchistic, form of house music designed to counter the pretentious Dutch house scene of the 1980s
Gagaku – any Japanese classical music played for the Imperial Court
Gaita Zuliana – diverse form of Venezuelan folk
Galant – intentionally simplistic style of Western classical music designed to counter the increasingly complex Baroque music of the 18th century
Gamelan – Indonesian classical music
Gamelan bebonangan – Balinese style of gamelan that utilizes a 7-tone scale and cymbals
Gamelan degung – Sundanese style of gamelan that uses the pegog scale
Gamelan gong kebyar – Balinese style of gamelan known for its explosive changes in tempo
Gamelan salendro – West Javan gamelan
Gamelan selunding – Balinese style of gamelan
Gamelan semar pegulingan – Balinese style of gamelan
Gammaldans – wide variety of traditional Nordic dance music, and modernized versions created by Nordic-Americans
Gandrung – traditional Indonesian dance music
Gangster rap – hip hop that deals with illegal activity
Gar – Tibetan chanting and dancing.
Garba - Gujarati music and dance.
Garage house – heavily polished style of American house
Garage rock – raw and energetic style of rock, often practised by high school bands in garages
Gavotte – traditional French dance music
Gender wayang – Balinese style of gamelan
German folk – any folk music performed by Germans
Ghazal – Arabic (particularly Pakistani) angst-ridden poetry, often accompanied by music
Ghetto house – form of Chicago house known for its sexually explicit lyrics
Ghetto zouk – modern fusion of zouk from the caribic and kizomba from Angola.
Ghettotech – fusion of Chicago house, Miami bass, electro, glitch, and techno
Girl group – any all-female pop or rock group
Glam metal – a subgenre of heavy metal with elements of glam rock, hard rock and pop rock.
Glam punk – fusion of glam and punk rock
Glam rock – loosely defined pop rock which included heavy themes of gender-bending and androgyny
Glitch – style of EDM based around samples of malfunctioning technology in order to create an intentionally harsh sound
Gnawa – Islamic African religious music
Go-go – style of funk known for its syncopated rhythms and call-and-response vocals
Goa trance – fusion of trance music and traditional Indian styles
Gong chime – any music performed with high-pitched pot gongs, usually Southeast Asian styles
Goombay – Bahamian drum music
Goregrind – style of grindcore known for its lyrical focus on gore and forensics
Goshu ondo – traditional Japanese dance music from the Meiji era
Gospel – modernization religious music
Gothic metal – fusion of gothic rock and heavy metal
Gothic rock – style of post-punk, heavily inspired by Gothic art
Grebo – a short-lived British style of garage rock from the 1990s
Gregorian chant – a capella, religious chant used by the Roman Catholic Church
Grime – fusion of hip hop and UK garage
Grindcore – fusion of death metal and hardcore punk with indecipherable vocals.
Groove metal – style of heavy metal that took elements of thrash, but played at mid-tempo, making a slower, groovier sound
Group Sounds – Japanese pop from the 1961s, inspired heavily by British beat and American bubblegum pop
Grunge – minimalist style of alternative metal, known for its heavily distorted guitars and angst-ridden lyrics
Grupera – American rock-inspired Mexican rock
Guajira – Cuban country music, performed in rural communities
Gumbe – Guinea-Bissaun folk music
Gunchei – Central American music played to accompany the garifauna dance of the same name
Gunka – Japanese military music
Guoyue – modernized Chinese traditional music
Gwo ka – Guadaloupean drum music
Gwo ka moderne – modernized form of gwo ka
Gypsy jazz – Roma-French style of jazz
Gypsy punk – Romani style of punk rock
