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Shouldn't there be a tag for world music? If you are asking for, for instance, a musical style that you cannot place geographically, that would probably be the most appropriate tag.

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    That's not what world music means: en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_music. And world music just means non-western music and I gaurntee there is a better way to describe the music you are talking about then using a world music tag. – Dom♦ Dec 12 '15 at 20:58
  • Yes, and since this is an English speaking website in a world that is dominated by Western/American pop culture, that is what the question above will imply 90% of the time. At the very least, questions about "international music" needs its own appropriate tag. I still believe world music is the most appropriate tag. – Avatrin Dec 12 '15 at 22:11
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    I still don't see why we need a tag for what you are talking about. If it applies to all music then it shouldn't need to be tagged with a "this applies to all music" tag, just the specific subject you are talking about like in this case. Using a well known phrase to talk about a specific concept that is unrelated is not something I want to do for our tags. – Dom♦ Dec 12 '15 at 23:38
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    Whether or not what @Avatrin describes as world music is correct, I think it would be a good idea to have a world music tag. If I wanted to ask a question about Gamelan orchestras or traditional Chinese music, how else would I tag my question? – johnny_boy Apr 15 '16 at 20:36
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    @johnny_boy tag the specific type of music. Wold music lumps way too many unrelated types of music together. – Dom♦ Sep 4 '16 at 14:48
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    I think a world music tag would be usefull too. – Bebs Dec 12 '16 at 11:10
  • @Bebs I agree, for example, I listened some songs on videogame called Saints Row II and one of its radio stations plays world music. Maybe other user would simply refer to this music as world music. If maybe other user know exaclty which type of genre/type of music is, s/he can edit the tags. – Mauricio Arias Olave Jan 12 '17 at 22:26

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