Western influences in modern Japanese music

Due to the effects of westernization, western music has influenced many musical cultures around the world. Japan's unique music styles were impacted by this phenomenon prior to the Second World War. Japan's traditional melodic and instrumental music is now less popular than the emergent genres, such as J-Rock and J-Pop. The westernization of Japan has also included the increase of the English language and guitars in musical composition.

Modern American music is multi-ethnical, or derived from several ethnic groups from around the world. Its diversity was strongly influenced by many others, such as West African, Irish, Scottish and Mexican music traditions. The most well-known genres such as Jazz, Blues, Country, Hip-Hop, R&B, Pop, Techno, Rock, Metal, and Punk dominate most of modern American music. "The United States alone has the worlds largest music market with a total retail value of 4,481.8 million dollars in 2012." With a variety of styles and instruments, the number of genres are increasing every year.

In traditional Native American music, instruments, such as the flute, and many different kinds of percussion instruments, like drums, rattles, and shakers, were widely used around the Americas. In the modern western society, many diverse instruments are used such as the Banjo, Bass Guitar, Electric Guitar, Foot Drums, Organs, Washboards, Ukuleles, and Acoustic Guitars. With many different unique sounds, each instrument has a place in modern American music. Each genre has its own set of instruments and are played in a specific manner.

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