#music an artistic form of auditory communication incorporating instrumental or vocal tones in a structured and continuous manner
supertype: #fine_art__art the products of human creativity; works of art collectively; "an art exhibition"; "a fine collection of art"
object of: #musical_theater
subtype: #monody__monophonic_music music consisting of a single vocal part (usually with accompaniment)
subtype: #polyphony__polyphonicmusic__concerted_music__concertedmusic music arranged in parts for several voices or instruments
subtype: #counterpoint a musical form involving the simultaneous sound of two or more melodies
subtype: #polytonality__polytonalism music that uses two or more different keys at the same time
subtype: #popularism music adapted to the understanding and taste of the majority
subtype: #musical_harmony__musicalharmony__harmony the structure of music with respect to the composition and progression of chords
subtype: #harmonisation__harmonization a piece of harmonized music
subtype: #reharmonization__reharmonisation a piece of music whose original harmony has been revised
subtype: #four-part_harmony harmony in which each chord has four notes that create four melodic lines
subtype: #resolution.musical_harmony a dissonant chord is followed by a consonant chord
subtype: #tune__melody__air__strain__melodic_line__melodicline__line__melodic_phrase__melodicphrase a succession of notes forming a distinctive sequence; "she was humming an air from Beethoven"
subtype: #fanfare__flourish a short lively tune played on brass instruments; "he entered to a flourish of trumpets"; "her arrival was greeted with a rousing fanfare"
subtype: #glissando a rapid series of ascending or descending notes on the musical scale
subtype: #swoop.glissando__slide rapid sliding up or down the musical scale; "the violinist was indulgent with his swoops and slides"
subtype: #leitmotiv__leitmotif a melodic phrase that accompanies the reappearance of a person or situation (as in Wagner's operas)
subtype: #theme_song__themesong a melody that recurs and comes to represent a musical play or movie
subtype: #signature_tune__signaturetune__signature__theme_song__themesong a melody used to identify a performer or a dance band or radio/tv program
subtype: #melodic_theme__melodictheme__theme__musical_theme__musicaltheme__idea melodic subject of a musical composition; "the theme is announced in the first measures"; "the accompanist picked up the idea and elaborated it"
subtype: #motive__motif a theme that is elaborated on in a piece of music
subtype: #obligato__obbligato a persistent but subordinate motif
subtype: #statement.melodic_theme (music) the presentation of a musical theme; "the initial statement of the sonata"
subtype: #variation.melodic_theme a repetition of a musical theme in which it is modified or embellished
subtype: #part.tune__voice the melody carried by a particular voice or instrument in polyphonic music; "he tried to sing the tenor part"
subtype: #primo the principal part of a duet (especially a piano duet)
subtype: #secondo the second or lower part of a duet (especially a piano duet)
subtype: #voice_part__voicepart a part written for a singer
subtype: #canto.voice_part the highest part (usually the melody) in a piece of choral music
subtype: #musical_accompaniment__musicalaccompaniment__accompaniment__support a subordinate musical part; provides background for more important parts
subtype: #descant a decorative musical accompaniment (often improvised) added above a basic melody
subtype: #vamp.musical_accompaniment an improvised musical accompaniment
subtype: #bass_part__bass the lowest part in polyphonic music
subtype: #ground_bass a short melody in the bass that is constantly repeated
subtype: #thorough_bass__basso_continuo__bassocontinuo a bass part written out in full and accompanied by figures for successive chords
subtype: #figured_bass a bass part in which the notes have numbers under them to indicate the chords to be played
subtype: #part_music vocal music for several voices in independent parts (usually performed without accompaniment)
subtype: #homophony part music with one dominant voice (in a homophonic style)
subtype: #prelude music that precedes a fugue or introduces an act in an opera
subtype: #chorale_prelude__choraleprelude a composition for organ using a chorale as a basis for variations
subtype: #overture orchestral music played at the beginning of an opera or oratorio
subtype: #antiphony alternate (responsive) singing by a choir in two parts
subtype: #refrain__chorus the part of a song where a soloist is joined by a group of singers
subtype: #tra-la-la__tra-la__trala a set of nonsensical syllables used while humming a refrain
subtype: #ballet music written for a ballet
subtype: #serialism__serialmusic 20th century music that uses of a definite order of notes as a thematic basis for a musical composition
subtype: #twelve-tone_music a type of serial music introduced by Arnold Schoenberg; uses a tone row formed by the twelve semitones of the chromatic scale (and inverted or backward versions of the row)
subtype: #music_genre__musicgenre__musical_genre__musicalgenre__genre__musical_style__musicalstyle an expressive style of music
subtype: #black_music__blackmusic__African-American_music music created by African-American musicians; early forms were songs that had a melodic line and a strong rhythmic beat with repeated choruses
subtype: #blues__blue a type of folk song that originated among Black Americans at the beginning of the 20th century; has a melancholy sound from repeated use of blue notes
subtype: #boogie-woogie__boogie an instrumental version of the blues (especially for piano)
subtype: #soul.gospel_singing a secular form of gospel that was a major Black musical genre in the 1960s and 1970s; "soul was politically significant during the Civil Rights movement"
subtype: #rap_music__rapmusic__rap genre of African-American music of the 1980s and 1990s in which rhyming lyrics are chanted to a musical accompaniment; several forms of rap have emerged
subtype: #rhythm_and_blues__R_and_B a combination of blues and jazz that was developed in the United States by Black musicians; an important precursor of rock 'n' roll
subtype: #classical_music__classicalmusic__serious_music__seriousmusic traditional genre of music conforming to an established form and appealing to critical interest and developed musical taste
subtype: #chamber_music__chambermusic serious music performed by a small group of musicians
subtype: #opera a drama set to music; consists of singing with orchestral accompaniment and an orchestral overture and interludes
subtype: #comic_opera__opera_bouffe__operabouffe__opera_comique__operacomique opera with a happy ending and in which some of the text is spoken
subtype: #operetta__light_opera__lightopera a short amusing opera
subtype: #grand_opera__grandopera opera in which all the text is sung
subtype: #musical_drama__musicaldrama opera in which the musical and dramatic elements are equally important; the music is appropriate to the action
subtype: #cantata__oratorio a musical composition for voices and orchestra based on a religious text
subtype: #concerto a composition for orchestra and a soloist
subtype: #concerto_grosso a baroque composition for orchestra and a group of solo instruments
subtype: #fugue a musical form consisting of a theme repeated a fifth above or a fourth below its first statement
subtype: #rondo__rondeau a musical form that is often the last movement of a sonata
subtype: #sonata a musical composition of 3 or 4 movements of contrasting forms
subtype: #piano_sonata__pianosonata a sonata for piano
subtype: #symphony__symphonic_music__symphonicmusic a long and complex sonata for symphony orchestra
subtype: #religious_music__religiousmusic__church_music genre of music composed for performance as part of religious ceremonies
subtype: #antiphon__antiphony a verse or song to be chanted or sung in response
subtype: #gradual (Roman Catholic) an antiphon (usually from the Book of Psalms) immediately after the epistle at Mass
subtype: #Mass.religious_music__mas a musical setting for a Mass
subtype: #Requiem.Mass__requiem a musical setting for a Mass celebrating the dead
subtype: #processional__prosodion religious music used in a procession
subtype: #antiphonary__antiphonal bound collection of antiphons
subtype: #religious_song__religioussong religious music for singing
subtype: #chant a repetitive song in which as many syllables as necessary are assigned to a single tone
subtype: #Hallel (Judaism) a chant of praise (Psalms 113 through 118) used at Passover and Shabuoth and Sukkoth and Hanukkah and Rosh Hodesh
subtype: #Hare_Krishna a chant to the Hindu god Krishna
subtype: #plainsong__plainchant__Gregorian_chant a liturgical chant of the Roman Catholic Church
subtype: #cantus_firmus a melody used as the basis for a polyphonic composition
subtype: #Negro_spiritual__spiritual a kind of religious song originated by Blacks in the southern United States
subtype: #Christmas_carol__christmascarol__carol joyful religious song celebrating the birth of Christ
subtype: #hymn__anthem a song of praise (to God or to a saint or to a nation)
subtype: #dithyramb.hymn (ancient Greece) a passionate hymn (usually in honor of Dionysus)
subtype: #doxology a hymn or verse in Christian liturgy glorifying God
subtype: #chorale__choral a stately Protestant (especially Lutheran) hymn tune
subtype: #canticle a hymn derived from the Bible
subtype: #Magnificat the canticle of the Virgin Mary (from Luke 1:46 beginning "Magnificat anima mea Dominum")
subtype: #Dies_Irae the first words of a medieval Latin hymn describing the Last Judgment (literally "day of wrath")
subtype: #Internationale a revolutionary socialist anthem
subtype: #paean a hymn of praise (especially one sung in ancient Greece to invoke or thank a deity)
subtype: #recessional a hymn that is sung at the end of a service as the clergy and choir withdraw
subtype: #Te_Deum__tedeum an ancient liturgical hymn
subtype: #national_anthem a song formally adopted as the anthem for a nation
subtype: #Marseillaise the French national anthem
subtype: #Star-Spangled_Banner a poem written by Francis Scott Key during the War of 1812 was set to music and adopted by Congress in 1931 as the national anthem of the United States
subtype: #marching_music__march genre of music written for marching; "Sousa wrote the best marches"
subtype: #military_march__military_music__martial_music__martialmusic brisk marching music suitable for troops marching in a military parade
subtype: #quickstep.military_march military march accompanying quick time
subtype: #pibroch martial music with variations;to be played by the Scottish Highlands bagpipe
subtype: #processional_march__recessional_march__recessionalmarch a march to be played for processions
subtype: #funeral_march__funeralmarch__dead_march a slow march to be played for funeral processions
subtype: #wedding_march__weddingmarch a march to be played for a wedding procession
subtype: #popular_music_genre__popularmusicgenre__popular_music__popularmusic any genre of music having wide appeal (but usually only for a short time)
subtype: #macumba.popular_music_genre popular dance music of Brazil; derived from the practices of the macumba religious cult
subtype: #pop_music__popmusic__pop music of general appeal to teenagers; a bland watered-down version of rock'n'roll with more rhythm and harmony and an emphasis on romantic love
subtype: #folk_music__ethnic_music__folk the traditional and typically anonymous music that is an expression of the life of people in a community
subtype: #folk_song__folk_ballad a song that is traditionally sung by the common people of a region and forms part of their culture
subtype: #blues__blue a type of folk song that originated among Black Americans at the beginning of the 20th century; has a melancholy sound from repeated use of blue notes
subtype: #schottische.folk_music music performed for dancing the schottische
subtype: #country_music__country_and_western__countryandwestern__C_and_W a simple style of folk music heard mostly in the southern United States; usually played on stringed instruments
subtype: #bluegrass__bluegras a type of country music played at a rapid tempo on banjos and guitars
subtype: #hillbilly_music__hillbillymusic country music originating in mountainous regions of southern United States
subtype: #zydeco music of southern Louisiana that combines French dance melodies with Caribbean music and blues
subtype: #gospel_singing__gospel a genre of a capella music originating with Black slaves in the United States and featuring call and response; influential on the development of other genres of popular music (especially soul)
subtype: #doo-wop__doowop a genre (usually a capella) of Black vocal-harmony music of the 1950s that evolved in New York City from gospel singing; characterized by close four-part harmonies; the name derived from some of the nonsense syllables sung by the back-up vocalists
subtype: #soul.gospel_singing a secular form of gospel that was a major Black musical genre in the 1960s and 1970s; "soul was politically significant during the Civil Rights movement"
subtype: #square-dance_music music performed for square dancing
subtype: #dance_music__dancemusic__danceroom_music__danceroommusic__ballroom_music a genre of popular music composed for ballroom dancing
subtype: #beguine.dance_music music written in the bolero rhythm of the beguine dance
subtype: #bolero.dance_music music written in the rhythm of the bolero dance
subtype: #carioca.dance_music music composed for dancing the carioca
subtype: #conga.dance_music music composed for dancing the conga
subtype: #gavotte.dance_music music composed in quadruple time for dancing the gavotte
subtype: #hornpipe.dance_music music for dancing the hornpipe
subtype: #jig.dance_music music in three-four time for dancing a jig
subtype: #landler.dance_music music in triple time for dancing the landler
subtype: #mazurka.dance_music music composed for dancing the mazurka
subtype: #minuet.dance_music a stately piece of music composed for dancing the minuet; often incorporated into a sonata or suite
subtype: #paso_doble.dance_music__pasodoble music in march time composed for dancing the paso doble; often played a bull fights
subtype: #pavan__pavane music composed for dancing the pavane
subtype: #polka.dance_music music performed for dancing the polka
subtype: #quadrille.dance_music music for dancing the quadrille
subtype: #reel.dance_music music composed for dancing a reel
subtype: #rhumba__rumba syncopated music in duple time for dancing the rumba
subtype: #samba.dance_music music composed for dancing the samba
subtype: #saraband.dance_music music composed for dancing the saraband
subtype: #tango.dance_music music written in duple time for dancing the tango
subtype: #tarantella music composed in six-eight time for dancing the tarantella
subtype: #waltz music composed in triple time for waltzing
subtype: #ragtime music with a syncopated melody (usually for the piano)
subtype: #jazz.dance_music a style of dance music popular in the 1920s; similar to New Orleans jazz but played by large bands
subtype: #kwela a kind of danceable music popular among black South Africans; includes a whistle among its instruments
subtype: #jazz a genre of popular music that originated in New Orleans around 1900 and developed through increasingly complex styles
subtype: #bop__bebop an early form of modern jazz (originating around 1940)
subtype: #boogie-woogie__boogie an instrumental version of the blues (especially for piano)
subtype: #cool_jazz jazz that is restrained and fluid and marked by intricate harmonic structures often lagging slightly behind the beat
subtype: #hot_jazz__hotjazz jazz that is emotionally charged and intense and marked by strong rhythms and improvisation
subtype: #modern_jazz__new_jazz__newjazz__neo_jazz__neojazz any of various styles of jazz that appeared after 1940
subtype: #trad (British) traditional jazz as revived in the 1950s
subtype: #swing_music__swingmusic__swing__jive a style of jazz played by big bands popular in the 1930s; flowing rhythms but less complex than later styles of jazz
subtype: #rap_music__rapmusic__rap genre of African-American music of the 1980s and 1990s in which rhyming lyrics are chanted to a musical accompaniment; several forms of rap have emerged
subtype: #rhythm_and_blues__R_and_B a combination of blues and jazz that was developed in the United States by Black musicians; an important precursor of rock 'n' roll
subtype: #rockabilly a fusion of black music and country music that was popular in the 1950s; sometimes described as blues with a country beat
subtype: #rock_'n'_roll__rock'n'roll__rockandroll__rockandroll__rock_music a genre of popular music originating in the 1950s; a blend of Black rhythm-and-blues with White country-and-western; "rock is a generic term for the range of styles that evolved out of rock'n'roll."
subtype: #progressive_rock__progressiverock__artrock a style of rock music that emerged in the 1970s; associated with attempts to combine rock with jazz and other forms; intended for listening and not dancing
subtype: #psychedlic_rock__acid_rock a musical style that emerged in the mid-1960s; rock music inspired by or related to drug-induced experience
subtype: #punk_rock__punk rock music with deliberately offensive lyrics expressing anger and social alienation; in part a reaction against progressive rock
subtype: #reggae popular music originating in the West Indies; repetitive bass riffs and regular chords played on the off beat by a guitar
subtype: #skiffle (British) a style of popular music in the 1950s; based on American folk music and played on guitars and improvised percussion instruments
subtype: #Bach the music of Bach; "he played Bach on the organ"
subtype: #Beethoven the music of Beethoven; "he enjoyed Beethoven most of all
subtype: #Brahms the music of Brahms; "Brahms was included in the program"
subtype: #Chopin the music of Chopin; "he practiced Chopin day and night"
subtype: #Gilbert_and_Sullivan the music of Gilbert and Sullivan; "he could sing all of Gilbert and Sullivan"
subtype: #Handel the music of Handel
subtype: #Haydn the music of Haydn
subtype: #Mozart the music of Mozart; "the concert was mostly Mozart"
subtype: #Stravinsky the music of Stravinsky; "Stravinsky no longer causes riots in the streets"
subtype: #Wagner the music of Wagner; "they say that Hitler listened only to Wagner"
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