Lambada – Brazilian dance music
Latin metal – A genre of heavy metal with Latin origins, influences, and instrumentation, such as Spanish vocals, Latin percussion and rhythm such as Salsa rhythm
Latin music Spanish- and Portuguese-language popular music
Latin pop – fusion of pop music and Latin American music or any pop music from the Spanish-speaking world
Lavani – style of traditional Indian music performed in Maharashtra
Legényes – Hungarian and Romanian folk dance music performed by the inhabitants of Transylvania, now modern-day Cluj-Napoca
Letkajenkka – Finnish folk dance music
Lhamo – Tibetan folk opera
Lied – German poems spoken to music
Light – soft, non-confrontational British orchestral music
Liquid funk – form of drum and bass with a heavy emphasis on melody
Liquindi – style of percussion performed by the various 'pygmy' peoples of Africa in which drummers stand in a body of water and hit the surface
Lo-fi – any music recorded at a quality lower than usual
Logobi – form of zouglou influenced by the French colonists in the Ivory Coast
Long song – Mongolian folk music in which each syllable is extended for a longer than average period of time
Louisiana blues – any blues performed by inhabitants of the state of Louisiana
Lounge – downtempo music intended to give the listener a sense of being somewhere else, i.e. a jungle or outer space
Lovers rock – form of reggae fusion known for its romantic lyrics
Lowercase – extreme form of ambient music consisting of long periods of silence and occasional, very minute sounds
Lu – Tibetan a capella music
Lubbock sound – fusion of rock and roll and country music from Lubbock, Texas
Luk Krung – more polished form of luk thung
Luk thung – Thai folk music
Lullaby – soothing song sung to young children to lull them to sleep
Lundu – harmonious style of Afro-Brazilian music
Lust - romantic retro 80's music
