musique populaire

Definitions of musique populaire
  1. noun
    any genre of music having wide appeal (but usually only for a short time)
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    musique 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
    musique folklorique
    the traditional and typically anonymous music that is an expression of the life of people in a community
    jazz
    a genre of popular music that originated in New Orleans around 1900 and developed through increasingly complex styles
    rock and roll
    a genre of popular music originating in the 1950s; a blend of black rhythm-and-blues with white country-and-western
    reggae
    popular music originating in the West Indies; repetitive bass riffs and regular chords played on the off beat by a guitar
    chant populaire
    a song that is traditionally sung by the common people of a region and forms part of their culture
    country
    a simple style of folk music heard mostly in the southern United States; usually played on stringed instruments
    boogie-woogie
    an instrumental version of the blues (especially for piano)
  2. noun
    the traditional and typically anonymous music that is an expression of the life of people in a community
    synonyms: musique folklorique
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    chant populaire
    a song that is traditionally sung by the common people of a region and forms part of their culture
    country
    a simple style of folk music heard mostly in the southern United States; usually played on stringed instruments
    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
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