Top Ten Musical Genres that Require the Most Skills

This list is about those genres which require most talents to play.
It's obvious that I may be wrong. I will appreciate any new items on the list and correction for my mistakes of this list.
The Top Ten
1 Classical
2 Progressive Metal
3 Neoclassical Metal
4 Heavy Metal Heavy Metal music is a sub-genre of rock music that originated in the late 1960s-70s, featuring more distorted and heavier instrumental work and darker lyrical themes. Heavy Metal broke into mainstream success with bands such as Black Sabbath, Iron Maiden and Metallica.

Other notable Heavy Metal bands include Judas Priest, Anthrax, Testament, System of a Down, Megadeth, Slayer, Pantera, Avenged... read more
5 Progressive Death Metal
6 Technical Death Metal
7 Jazz Jazz is a music genre that originated in the African-American communities of New Orleans, United States, in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, and developed from roots in blues and ragtime. Jazz is seen by many as "America's classical music".

Jazz is not easy to play. I have seen it, jazz drumming style is one of the hardest drumming styles. I can't even hold the sticks for it, lol (in jazz style). you have to keep the rhythm all the time. all the members should strictly maintain it. otherwise just it'll blow up.

8 Progressive Rock Progressive rock is a broad genre of rock music that developed in the United Kingdom and United States throughout the mid to late 1960s.
9 Death Metal
10 Power metal
The Contenders
11 Speed Metal
12 Thrash Metal Thrash Metal is a Heavy Metal subgenre developed during the early 1980s and an early precursor of Extreme Metal. Thrash Metal features a faster and more aggressive guitar work than Traditional Metal with shredding and double-bass drums and can range from melodic singing to loud shouts.

The English band, Venom is credited for laying the groundwork for Thrash Metal with their debut album "Welcome... read more
13 Symphonic Metal
14 Pop
15 Alternative Rock Alternative rock is a style of rock music that emerged from the independent music underground of the 1980s and became widely popular in the 1990s. In this instance, the word "alternative" refers to the genre's distinction from mainstream rock music.
16 Classic Rock
17 Rap

Of course, no instrumental talent is required, but writing some high-quality rap while staying on a theme is very hard, as it requires a thick web of rhymes. It's harder than it looks.

18 Rock Rock music is a music genre that was created in the 1940s. The genre was popular during the 60s, 70s, 80s, 90s and 2000s. Rock bands generally consists of a guitar player, a drummer, bass player and singer. There are many rock subgenres - such as heavy metal, alternative, hard rock, grunge, and more. Notable rock bands and music artists include The Beatles, Pink Floyd, Queen, Van Halen, Foo Fighters,... read more
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