Friday, 16 July 2010

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.

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