Bangladeshi Music

Bangladesh is traditionally very rich in it's musical heritage. People of Bangladesh love music very much. Most of the people couldn't pass a day without listening music.
Most of the music are basically on classical music, and classical music is the basement of all music. There is not a single music without classical music.
The music of Bangladesh can be broadly categorized among the following genres: Rabindra sangit, Nazrul geeti, Classical song, Folk, Baul, Lalon, Adhunik, Modern ( Pop, Rock, Mainstream rock, Underground rock).

Classical
Classical music is the "column of a building". without classical music one can not sing a single song. It is based on rags and it is fully on "Sargams".
Some of the most talented classical musicians of the sub-continent come from Bangladesh including Ustad Allauddin Khan.

Rabindra sangeet

Rabindranath Tagore is the main origin of Rabindra sangit. It is one of the best-known genres of Bangla music outside Bengal. Rabindra sangeet itself is broadly classified into few sub-genres:
puja porjai (prayer songs), prem porjai (love songs), bichitra porjai (variety songs), swadesh porjai (patriotic songs)
Tagore composed most of the songs himself. In rabindra sangit all of them are based on rags.On the other hand some songs are fundamental creation of Tagore. He has composed some songs based on European music also. In 1878 he composed a music drama "Balmikiprotiva". After this he composed another musical drama "Kalmrigoya". Both of them are based on western music. Tagore used ragaas while composing any songs as such anyone can identify them as rabindra sangeet. That is the most interesting and common in Rabindranath's song.

Rabindra sangeet is most important thing in bengali culture and almost 90% people of Bangladesh love Rabindra sangit. All the times, if there are any cultural program in bengali or bengali culture, there has Rabindra sangit all the time. These songs have also been used in several movies, both in Bengali and non-Bengali cinema. The national anthems of both Bangladesh and India are Rabindra sangeets; these are "Amar Shonar Bangla" it's mean Oh My Precious Bengal, the melody is based on a folk tune by Gogon Harkara and "Jana Gana Mana", means Ruler of the Minds of All People, written in an older form of Bangla, closer to Sanskrit, that can be readily re-interpreted in almost all Indian languages.
In Bangladesh, until recently, Rabindra sangeet has practically been synonymous with two names and they are, Rezwana Chowdhury Banya and Sadi Mohammad. For all these causes Rabindra sangit is most popular in Bangladesh.

Nazrul Geeti

Nazrul geeti, literally meaning "music of Nazrul", are the works of Kazi Nazrul Islam, national poet of Bangladesh and like Rabindra sangit, Nazrul geeti is also most popular in Bangladesh. The most famous Nazrul geeti is Karar Oi Louho Kopat (Prison-doors of Steel) and has been used several movies - especially those made during the pre-independence period of Bangladesh.
Nazrul Islam also incorporated influences from Western India. He played an active role in carrying out a fusion between Western Indian ghazals and traditional Bengali classical music.
Nazrul Islam born in Bangladesh and from his childhood he wrote songs. Bangladeshi singer and composer, Firoza Begum, played a very big role in popularising Nazrul geeti in both Bangladesh and West Bengal. Sohorab Hossain, Shabnam Mushtari also played a crucial role in making Nazrul geeti mainstream.

Folk music can clearly be distinguished and classified into several sub-genres:
Baul, Bhandari, Bhatiali, Bhawaiya, Gajir geet, Gombhira, Hason Raja, Jaari, Jatra, Kirtan, Pala, Kobi gaan, Lalon, Mursiya, Shaari, Upojatiyo, Letto.Of these several groups, Baul song is best known and was further enriched by works of Lalon.

Pop music

Pop music initially started with the so-called band music. And as the name suggests, the music was heavily influenced by Western Music. Some of the best known bands of the pop era were:
L.R.B: Nagor Baul
Miles: The early contributors to pop music also included the following singers: Azam Khan, Amani Latiff, Happy Akhand, Lucky Akhand . Mostly the tenage people are very much addicted about the pop music. Pop music of Bangladesh had an assorted history. Artists of the "Adhunik Gaan" and folk genre also contributed to the pop music from time to time. Mehreen is a noted name in this regard for having revived pop and new generation fusion music.

Rock music

In Bangladesh, Bangla rock was started by Azam Khan, Miles and LRB. Hassan and James, contributed in popularizing rock music. However, hard-rock did not begin until arrival of bands like Rockstrata, and later Warfaze among many others in the early 90s.
Bangladeshi rock scene has evolved into two distinct categories. They are, Mainstream and Underground.