List 6: Familiarity with musical genres

List 6: Familiarity with musical genres, 1980s and 2000s.

The interviewees in the surveys held in 1985/86, 1987, and 2004 were asked to mention as many musical genres as they could. When no more genres could be mentioned, the unmentioned genres were read from a list, and the people were asked whether they recognised them as musical genres. The assumption was that the genres not mentioned nor recognised were unknown to the interviewee. Listed are the percentages of those interviewed who mentioned or recognised the name of a particular musical genre in the surveys of the 1980s and the survey in 2004. For example, in the 1980s, 73% of the people knew or recognised lumba as a musical genre, while in the 2000s this was 100%. In the 2000s, lumba had either become better known, as is the case here, or it was recognised by more people as a musical genre.

Under ‘change’ the change in familiarity with the genres is indicated: red for a decrease and green for an increase. In general, well-known genres have become more well-known, and less known genres have become even less known but not completely forgotten.