Music

Music

blues: a style of slow jazz evolved from African-American songs

• I love to listen to the blues when I'm lonely.

classical: European musk of the latter half of the eighteenth century; music of acknowledged excellence and serious style

• Classical music is often performed by the city's symphony orchestra.

country: a style of popular music from the rural American south and southwest

• A lot of country musicians live and work in Nashville, Tennessee.

folk/ ethnic: music that originates among the common people of a region

• Folk music was very popular in the United States in the 1960s.

jazz: a kind of music that originated with African-American bands in the southern United States, characterized by improvisation and strong, flexible rhythm

• Jazz is popular in many parts of the world.

oldies: popular music from an earlier decade

• Her favorite oldies are from the 1950s and 1960s.

popular: music that is appreciated by a large number of people during the current period of time

• That radio station plays only popular music.

rap: a currently popular style of music that originated among African-American performers, characterized by talking, rather than singing, in rhyme and rhythm

• Rap is for listening, not dancing.

rhythm and blues: a style of music with strong, simple rhythm and lyrics that originated in the late 1940s and early 1950s among African-American groups

• Rhythm and blues is great for swing dancing.

rock: a popular style of music played by bands with electric guitars, keyboards, and drums, often with emotional singing by a group or one singer

• Rock concerts are very popular among young people.

rock and roll: a style of music that began in the 1950s and combined elements of rhythm and blues and country

• There were a lot of TV shows with rock-and-roll dancers.