Hungarian styles of music

thumb|Csárdás thumb|250px|Csárdás rhythm. Csárdás (, ; ), often seen as Czárdás, is a traditional Hungarian folk dance, the name derived from '''' (old Hungarian term for roadside tavern and restaurant). It originated in Hungary and was popularized by bands in Hungary as well as neighboring countries and regions such as of Slovenia, Burgenland, Croatia, Transylvania, Slovakia, Vojvodina and Moravia, as well as among the Banat Bulgarians, including those in Bulgaria.

Verbunkos (), other spellings being Verbounko, Verbunko, Verbunkas, Werbunkos, Werbunkosch, Verbunkoche; sometimes known simply as the hongroise or ungarischer Tanz is an 18th-century Hungarian dance and music genre.

type of Central European folk music

slow section of a rhapsody

thumb|right | alt=Sheet music of the main part of Franz Liszt's Hungarian Rhapsody #2. | Main part of Franz Liszt's Hungarian Rhapsody #2. Friska, also known as Friss, (from , fresh, pronounced frish) is a term used in Hungarian folk dance. It is used in Hungarian dances where there is a sudden shift to a faster tempo in a certain section of the dance. This faster tempo section is called the friss or friska. Examples of Hungarian folk dances which have a friska section include the csárdás and the verbunkos.