popular dance music (especially in the late 1970s); melodic with a regular bass beat; intended mainly for dancing at discotheques

popular dance music of Brazil; derived from the practices of the macumba religious cult

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

the traditional and typically anonymous music that is an expression of the life of people in a community

a genre of popular music composed for ballroom dancing

a genre of popular music that originated in New Orleans around 1900 and developed through increasingly complex styles

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

a combination of blues and jazz that was developed in the United States by Black musicians; an important precursor of rock 'n' roll

a fusion of black music and country music that was popular in the 1950s; sometimes described as blues with a country beat

a genre of popular music originating in the 1950s; a blend of black rhythm-and-blues with white country-and-western

popular music originating in the West Indies; repetitive bass riffs and regular chords played on the off beat by a guitar

a style of popular music in the 1950s; based on American folk music and played on guitars and improvised percussion instruments

singing jazz; the singer substitutes nonsense syllables for the words of the song and tries to sound like a musical instrument

a song that is traditionally sung by the common people of a region and forms part of their culture

music performed for dancing the schottische

a simple style of folk music heard mostly in the southern United States; usually played on stringed instruments

folk music consisting of a genre of a cappella 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)

music performed for square dancing

an early form of modern jazz (originating around 1940)

an instrumental version of the blues (especially for piano)

jazz that is restrained and fluid and marked by intricate harmonic structures often lagging slightly behind the beat

an earthy type of jazz combining it with blues and soul; has a heavy bass line that accentuates the first beat in the bar

jazz that is emotionally charged and intense and marked by strong rhythms and improvisation

any of various styles of jazz that appeared after 1940

loud and harsh sounding rock music with a strong beat; lyrics usually involve violent or fantastic imagery

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

a musical style that emerged in the 1960s; rock music inspired by or related to drug-induced experience

rock music with deliberately offensive lyrics expressing anger and social alienation; in part a reaction against progressive rock

traditional jazz as revived in the 1950s

a style of jazz played by big bands popular in the 1930s; flowing rhythms but less complex than later styles of jazz