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Singing the praises of music's diversity around the globe, with a guide to jazz, classical and reggae to modern, Celtic and rock at top sites that distinguish every type of music imaginable.

Worldwide Internet Music Resources: Genres - Extensive links covering a range of styles in 30 categories from early music to the 20th century.

Genre Sampler@Data Dragon - Cool kid-friendly site with brief overviews of jazz, rock, classical, reggae, celtic, country and blues. Downloadable sample music files and related links.

Musical Styles & Genres - Distinctively American music; from sea chanties to 60's rock.

Musical Styles and Genres - Center for Black Music Research - Explanations and background with links to almost 20 categories of distinctive music from around the world.

Guitar Noise - Music Genres - A selection of entertaining feature articles at this online 'guitar college' offering free tutorials with MP3 samples.

Classical Music Pages - Good collection of facts, history & information on classical music epochs, forms, composer's biographies, and related links.

History of Rock Music - From it's beginnings in the 1950's to the present with rock music timelines, lists of best albums, related links.

A Passion for Jazz - Encyclopedic knowledge on the topic with related etymology, jazz glossary, history, current calendar of events & concerts, photo gallery, virtual piano & guitar chords, jazz teacher locator, related links.

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