(Imma be using wiki descriptions alot here btw)
HOUSE MUSIC
Most thing's with a bootsandcats/unntissuntiss (hooray for technical terms) drum pattern fall under house (I'm right in saying trance and hardstyle and Gabba etc. aren't house right?)
But house is a Preeeeeetty wide umbrella for a lot of different types of music, such as:
TECH HOUSE
Tech-house often brings together deep or minimal techno music, the soulful and jazzy end of house, some minimal techno and microhouse (especially with a soulful feel, such as Luomo’s music), and very often some dub elements. There is some overlap with progressive house.
PROGRESSIVE HAU5 (Whatever that means)
Although no firm classification rules exist, the structure consists of house with notable variations. For example, phrases are usually a power of two number of bars and begin with the introduction of a new or different melody or rhythm.
MINIMAL/MICRO HOUSE
One characteristic feature of microhouse is the use of sampling: extremely short ('micro') samples of the human voice, musical instruments, everyday noises and computer created wave patterns are arranged to form complex melodies. Vocals in microhouse are often simplistic, nonsensical, and monotone in nature.
DEEP HOUSE
It is known for complex melody, hard driving beats, complex chords underlying most sequences, and a soul, ambient, or lounge vibe to the vocals (if any). In the early compositions, influences of jazz music were most frequently brought out by using more complex chords than simple triads which are held for many bars and give compositions a slightly dissonant feel. The use of vocals became more common in deep house than in many other forms of house music.
ELECTRO HOUSE (The one you've all been waiting for *Sigh*) (Also* Not the same as dubstep)
Electro house, sometimes resembling tech house, typically retains elements of house music and can incorporate electro-influenced synths and samples. A feature often found in electro house is a "dirty" bass sound created from a saw wave with compression, distortion, and/or flanging
COMPLEXTRO
Complextro (a portmanteau of the words "complex" and "electro") is a subgenre of electro house. The term was coined by Porter Robinson to describe his sound and then became then eventually became the genre's name. It is typified by the use of complex basslines which are split between multiple electronic instruments.
I think that's it for house music right?
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DUBSTEP
(Big-up south london!)Dubstep is a genre of electronic dance music that originated in South London, England.
Instrumental dub remixes of 2-step garage tracks attempting to incorporate the funky elements of breakbeat, or the dark elements of drum and bass into 2-step, which featured as B-sides of single releases. In 2001,
EARLY DUBSTEP
Dubstep is generally instrumental. Similar to a vocal garage hybrid – grime – the genre's feel is commonly dark; tracks frequently use a minor key and can feature dissonant harmonies such as the tritone interval within a riff. Other distinguishing features often found are the use of samples, a propulsive, sparse rhythm, and an almost omnipresent sub-bass.
BROSTEP
In 2011, dubstep gained significant traction in the US market by way of a post-dubstep style known as brostep with the American producer Skrillex becoming something of a figurehead for the scene. In September 2011 a Spin Magazine EDM special referred to brostep as a "lurching and aggressive" variant of dubstep that has proven commercially successful in the United States. Unlike traditional dubstep production styles, that emphasize sub-bass content, brostep accentuates the middle register and features "robotic fluctuations and metal-esque aggression"
Chillstep isn't quite it's own genre yet (according to wiki)
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GARAGE
Shuffled beats and funky basslines galore!
UKG/UK GARAGE
UK garage is a descendant of house music which originated in Chicago and New York. The genre usually features a distinctive syncopated 4/4 percussive rhythm with 'shuffling' hi-hats and beat-skipping kick drums.
2-STEP GARAGE (Dubstep's Grandad)
One of the primary characteristics of the 2-step sound –– the term being coined to describe "a general rubric for all kinds of jittery, irregular rhythms that don't conform to garage's traditional four-on-the-floor pulse" –- is that the rhythm lacks the kick drum pattern found in many other styles of electronic music with a regular four-on-the-floor beat. A typical 2-step drum pattern features a kick on the first and third beat, with a shuffled rhythm or the use of triplets applied to other elements of the percussion, creating a "lurching, falter-funk feel", and resulting in a beat distinctly different from that present in other house or techno.
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BREAKS/BREAKBEAT/DNB
A break beat is the sampling of breaks as drum loops (beats), originally from soul tracks, and using them as the rhythmic basis for hip hop and rap songs. It was invented by DJ Kool Herc
DRUM AND BASS
Drum and bass (also written as drum 'n' bass and commonly abbreviated to D&B, D+B or DnB) is a type of electronic music which emerged in the mid 1990s. The genre is characterized by fast breakbeats (typically between 160–180 bpm, occasional variation is noted in older compositions), with heavy bass and sub-bass lines. Drum and bass began as an offshoot of the United Kingdom rave scene of the very early 1990s.
JUMP UP
Jump-Up is a subgenre of Drum and Bass that was first popular in the mid-1990s. Tunes typically were light-hearted, featuring hip hop samples and loud melodic basslines. The term is derived from the earlier use of "jump-up" to refer to tracks with often ambient intros which altered their style at the drop, often by breaking into amen breakbeats. This would make the crowd "jump up" and dance.
JUNGLE
Jungle is a genre of electronic music that incorporates influences from other genres, including breakbeat hardcore and reggae/dub/dancehall.[citation needed] The fast tempos (150 to 170 bpm) breakbeats, other heavily syncopated percussive loops, samples and synthesized effects makes up the easily recognizable form of jungle. Producers create the drum patterns featured; sometimes completely off-beat, by cutting apart breakbeats (most notably the Amen break). Long pitch-shifted snare rolls are also common in oldschool jungle.
BREAKCORE
Breakcore is hard to accurately describe as musicians and djs like Electric Kettle, Drop the Lime, Christoph Fringeli and Dj Balli have argued that breakcore is a catch-all term that encompasses various related, though different styles of electronic music that are related through mindset or aesthetics rather than sound.Regardless, there seems to be a common element of aggression or chaos, unconventional song structures and sudden shifts of rhythm in breakcore music.
LIQUID FUNK/ LIQUID DNB
Liquid funk (alternatively, liquid drum & bass, liquid DNB or liquid) is a sub-genre of drum and bass. While it uses similar basslines and bar layouts to other styles, it contains fewer bar-oriented samples and more instrumental layers (both synthesized and natural), harmonies, and ambience, producing a calmer atmosphere directed at both home listeners and nightclub audiences.
NEUROFUNK
Neurofunk is a subgenre of drum and bass which emerged between 1997 and 1998 in London, England as a progression of techstep. It was further developed by juxtaposed elements of heavier and harder forms of funk with multiple influences ranging from techno, house and jazz, distinguished by consecutive stabs over the bassline and razor-sharp backbeats.
BIG BEAT
Big beat tends to feature distorted, compressed breakbeats at moderate tempos (usually between 120 to 140 beats per minute), acid house-style synthesizer lines, and heavy loops from 60s and 70s funk, jazz, rock, and pop songs. They are often punctuated with punk-style vocals and driven by intense, distorted basslines with conventional pop and techno song structures.
PROGRESSIVE BREAKS
With a similar slow-building mindset to progressive house, but using breakbeat rhythms instead. Likely to include breakbeat genre staples including sampled loops, heavy basslines and syncopated grooves, but may also encompass trance, electro or even orchestral sounds depending on the era and artist.
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MISC OTHER GENRES THAT I (because I couldn't be arsed) DIDN'T ORGANISE
TRIP-HOP
Trip hop (or trip-hop) is a genre consisting of downtempo electronic music, originating in the early 1990s in the United Kingdom, especially Bristol. Deriving from "post"-acid house, the term was first used by the British music media and press as a way to describe the more experimental variant of breakbeat which contained influences of soul, funk and jazz. It has been described as "Europe's alternative choice in the second half of the '90s", and "a fusion of hip hop and electronica until neither genre is recognisable." Trip hop music fuses several styles and has much in common with other genres; it has several qualities similar to ambient music, its drum-based breakdowns share characteristics with hip hop, and it also contains elements of house, dance, R&B and dub reggae. Trip hop can be highly experimental in nature.
TRANCE (Sorry for branching Trance to cover all the subgenres, I may add them later)
Trance is a genre of electronic dance music that developed in the 1990s. It is characterized by a tempo of between 125 and 150 beats per minute, repeating melodic phrases, and a musical form that builds up and down throughout a track. It is a combination of many forms of sound such as techno, house, pop, chill-out, classical music, and film music.
Trance employs aural dynamics to a great degree: A characteristic of virtually all trance songs is the soft mid-song breakdown, beginning with and occurring after the orchestration is broken down and the rhythm tracks fade out rapidly, leaving the melody and/or atmospherics to stand alone for anywhere from thirteen seconds to three minutes. When vocals are present in trance, they are generally sung by a female with a soaring, operatic voice ranging from mezzo-soprano to soprano, best described as "ethereal female leads floating amongst the synths"
POP
Pop music (a term that originally derives from an abbreviation of "popular") is a genre of popular music which originated in its modern form in the 1950s, deriving from rock and roll.The terms popular music and pop music are often used interchangeably, even though the former is a description of music which is popular (and can include any style), whilst the latter is a specific genre containing qualities of mass appeal.
As a genre, pop music is very eclectic, often borrowing elements from other styles including urban, dance, rock, Latin and country, nonetheless, there are core elements which define pop. Such include generally short-to-medium length songs, written in a basic format (often the verse-chorus structure), as well as the common employment of repeated choruses, melodic tunes, and catchy hooks.
If you can think of anymore then Tell me in a pm or in a comment
seriously though i think you're right, i also can only think of mau5