Bass music

Bass music is a term used to describe several genres of electronic dance music and hip hop music arising from the 1980s on, focusing on a prominent bass drum and/or bassline sound. As one source notes, there are "many different types of bass music to fall into, each putting a different spin on one of music's loudest elements". Typically, the bass sound is created using synthesizers and drum machines such as the influential Roland TR-808.

Electronic dance music genres of this type may include:
 * Bass house
 * Bassline
 * Drum and bass
 * Dubstep
 * Footwork
 * Future bass
 * Glitch hop
 * Midtempo bass
 * Moombahton
 * Trap (EDM)
 * UK bass
 * UK garage
 * Wave
 * Wonky

Hip hop genres of this type may include:
 * Miami bass