- Types:
- show 5 types...
- hide 5 types...
-
blues
a type of folksong that originated among Black Americans at the beginning of the 20th century; has a melancholy sound from repeated use of blue notes
-
soul
a secular form of gospel that was a major Black musical genre in the 1960s and 1970s
-
hip-hop, rap, rap music
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
-
R and B, rhythm and blues
a combination of blues and jazz that was developed in the United States by Black musicians; an important precursor of rock 'n' roll
-
boogie, boogie-woogie
an instrumental version of the blues (especially for piano)
