Music of Asia

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Asian music encompasses numerous musical styles originating in many Asian countries.

Musical traditions in Asia

A Mongolian musician A Lady Playing the Tanpura; Rajasthan A musical theatre group in Baghdad A Japanese man playing a shamisen while another sings A Korean gayageum performer

• Music of Central Asia
  • Music of Afghanistan (when included in the definition of Central Asia)
  • Music of Kazakhstan
  • Music of Kyrgyzstan
  • Music of Mongolia (culturally Central Asia)
  • Music of Tajikistan
  • Music of Turkmenistan
  • Music of Uzbekistan
  • Music of Russia (indigenous peoples of the Asian part)
• Music of East Asia
  • Music of Taiwan
  • Music of China
  • Music of Hong Kong
  • Music of Japan
  • Traditional music of Korea
    • Music of North Korea
    • Music of South Korea
  • Music of Tibet
• Music of South Asia
  • Asian Underground
  • Music of Afghanistan
  • Music of Bangladesh
  • Music of Bhutan
  • Music of India
  • Ravanahatha
  • Music of the Maldives
  • Music of Nepal
  • Music of Pakistan
  • Music of Sri Lanka
• Music of Southeast Asia
  • Music of Brunei
  • Music of Cambodia
  • Music of East Timor
  • Music of Indonesia
    • Music of Sunda
    • Music of Java
    • Music of Bali
  • Music of Laos
  • Music of Malaysia
  • Music of Myanmar
  • Music of the Philippines
  • Music of Singapore
  • Music of Thailand
  • Music of Vietnam
• Music of West Asia (Middle East)
  • Arabic music
    • Music of Bahrain
    • Music of Jordan
    • Music of Iraq
    • Music of Lebanon
    • Music of Palestine
    • Music of Saudi Arabia
    • Music of Syria
    • Music of the United Arab Emirates
    • Music of Yemen
  • Music of Armenia
  • Assyrian/Syriac folk music
  • Music of Azerbaijan
  • Music of Cyprus
  • Music of Georgia
  • Music of Iran
  • Music of Israel
    • Diaspora Jewish music
  • Music of Turkey

See also

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Asian music.

• List of cultural and regional genres of music
• Byzantine music
• Music of: Africa, Europe, Latin America, North America, and Oceania

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