P-Funk – 1970s fusion of funk, heavy metal and psychedelic rock, most closely associated with the bands Funkadelic and Parliament, who shared many members collectively known as P-Funk
PBR&B
Pagan metal
Pagan rock
Pagode – Brazilian style of music which originated in the Rio de Janeiro region
Paisley Underground – 1980s style of alternative rock that drew heavily on psychedelia
Palm wine – fusion of numerous West African, Latin American and European genres, popular throughout coastal West Africa in the 20th century
Panambih – tembang sunda that uses metered poetry
Panchai baja – Nepalese wedding music
Panchavadyam – Temple music from Kerala, India
Pansori – Korean folk music played by a singer and a drummer
Paranda – Garifuna form of music
Parranda – Afro-Venezuelan form of music
Parody – humorous renditions of existing songs or styles
Patriotic
Pambiche (Merengue estilo yanqui)
Paranda – Garifuna music of Belize
Parang – Trinidadian Christmas carols
Partido alto
Pasillo
Psychobilly – Punk rock and country
Peace Punk
Pelimanni music – Finnish folk dance music
Persian traditional music
Peruvian cumbia – also known as chicha music.
Petenera
Peyote Song – a mixture of gospel and traditional Native American music
Philadelphia soul – soft 1970s soul that came out of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Piano blues
Pimba – Origin: Portugal.
Piedmont blues
Pinoy rock – rock and roll sung in Tagalog from the Philippines
Pinpeat orchestra
Piphat – ancient form of Thai classical ensemble
Pirate metal – mix of heavy metal and pirate music
Piyyutim
Plainchant (Gregorian chant)
Plena
Pleng phua cheewit – Thai protest rock
Pleng Thai sakorn – a Thai interpretation of Western classical music
Polka French music style originated in paris in 1844
Polo Venezuelan folk music
Polonaise
Pols – Danish fiddle and accordion dance music
Polska
Pong lang
Pop folk
Pop music
Pop punk
Pop rap
Pop rock
Pop sunda – Sundanese mixture of gamelan degung and pop music structures
Pornocore
Porro – Colombian big band music
Post-Britpop
Post-dubstep
Post-disco
Post-grunge
Post-hardcore - A metal style that often utilizes screaming and melodic vocal techniques as well as dynamic range
Post-industrial
Post-metal
Post-minimalism
Post-punk
Post-rock
Post-romanticism
Powada- Marathi Folk
Power duo
Power electronics
Power metal – A style of heavy metal with melodic vocals, symphonic context and with fantastic or mythical lyrics.
Power noise (or rhythmic noise)
Power pop
Power trio
Powerviolence (also known as power violence)
Pow-wow – Native American dance music
Ppongtchak – Korean pop music developed during the Japanese occupation
Praise song
Program symphony
Progressive electronic music
Progressive folk music
Progressive house
Progressive metal – A subgenre of heavy metal and progressive rock.
Progressive bluegrass
Progressive rock – A subgenre of rock music with origins of jazz fusion and psychedelic rock.
Progressive trance
Protopunk
Psychedelic music
Psychedelic folk
Psychedelic rock – A style of rock music that relates to psychedelia.
Psychedelic trance (Psy-trance)
Psychobilly
Pub rock – back-to-basics rock music, see Pub rock (Australia) and Pub rock (United Kingdom).
Pungmul – a Korean folk music tradition that includes drumming, dancing, and singing.
Punk blues – a US music genre that developed in the 1980s, which mixes elements of blues with the aggressive sound of punk.
Punk Cabaret – a fusion of musical theater and cabaret style music with the aggressive, raw nature of punk rock.
Punk jazz
Punk rock A subgenre of rock music known for its raw and distorted sound, usually fast and short songs, and lyrics of angst or anti-establishment.
Punta
Punta rock – 1970s Belizean music
