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Summary of French music genres

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Started working as a music writer as a side job while employed at a record shop, and have been contributing to music magazines and web media for over 15 years. Although Western music is my main field, I always strive to stay curious with the motto, “I like what I like.” I have experience playing in a band, where I was a bassist responsible for songwriting and composition. Instruments I’ve performed on include bass, guitar, and piano. I resumed piano lessons after turning 40 and have been continuing ever since!

What kind of genres come to mind when you hear “French music”? If you like Western music, you might be able to name a few French bands or artists, but it’s not so easy to immediately explain the genres, is it? French music includes genres that originated in France, and even popular genres like rock and metal have developed in unique ways there—digging into them can be truly fascinating.

So this time, we’ve put together a summary of various French music genres, focusing mainly on popular music from the modern era onward.

Read this and you might become an expert on French music! Enjoy!

Summary of French music genres (11–20)

Jazz Manouche

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Jazz Manouche is a form of jazz developed uniquely by the Romani people.

It incorporates elements of chanson and musette, and has two defining characteristics.

First, it does not use drums or trumpets.

Second, it uses instruments like the accordion and clarinet instead.

As a result, it has a pop-like feel not found in American jazz and the like.

Incidentally, works that reinterpret classical music have also become popular in recent years.

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In conclusion

While it’s quite difficult to define strictly as a genre, not only the uniquely French music styles introduced here but also more general genres like rock, pop, hip-hop, and electronic music have all developed in distinctive ways within the French cultural landscape.

If you usually listen mainly to music from the U.

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and the U.

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, take this opportunity to check out French music!