The three major types of African American music are Indian music, Latin American folk music and black music.

A lot of Indian music is closely related to life and combined with religion, labor, and dance. Generally speaking, the melodies they have are simple and have unique expressions. This characteristic is especially reflected in the famous song "Flight of the Condor", a South American folk music based on folk songs in the Andes (played with Indian instruments and guitars), forming a unique style and interest.

Latin American folk music refers to the music of native white people and Indo-European people. This music is strongly influenced by European music, and even comes directly from Spanish and Portuguese music on the Iberian Peninsula. Over the course of five hundred years, the music of the Iberian Peninsula gradually adapted to the magnificent and diverse customs of Latin America, absorbing certain elements from Indian music and African American music.

Jazz, which originated from African Americans, originated in New Orleans, Louisiana, in the southern United States at the end of the 19th century and has a history of a hundred years. The traditional musical instruments of the Indians are wind instruments such as flutes and okaris (similar to xuns), or percussion instruments such as drums and shakers. Among the wind instruments, the most popular is the recorder, which is made of bamboo and reed, as well as the panpipe, nose flute, etc.