popular music
English Thesaurus
1. any genre of music having wide appeal (but usually only for a short time) (noun.communication)
| hyponym | : | disco, disco music, |
| definition | : | popular dance music (especially in the late 1970s); melodic with a regular bass beat; intended mainly for dancing at discotheques (noun.communication) |
| hyponym | : | macumba, |
| definition | : | popular dance music of Brazil; derived from the practices of the macumba religious cult (noun.communication) |
| hyponym | : | pop, pop music, |
| definition | : | 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 (noun.communication) |
| hyponym | : | ethnic music, folk, folk music, |
| definition | : | the traditional and typically anonymous music that is an expression of the life of people in a community (noun.communication) |
| hyponym | : | jazz, |
| definition | : | a genre of popular music that originated in New Orleans around 1900 and developed through increasingly complex styles (noun.communication) |
| hyponym | : | hip-hop, rap, rap music, |
| definition | : | 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 (noun.communication) |
| hyponym | : | r and b, rhythm and blues, |
| definition | : | a combination of blues and jazz that was developed in the United States by Black musicians; an important precursor of rock 'n' roll (noun.communication) |
| hyponym | : | rockabilly, |
| definition | : | a fusion of black music and country music that was popular in the 1950s; sometimes described as blues with a country beat (noun.communication) |
| hyponym | : | reggae, |
| definition | : | popular music originating in the West Indies; repetitive bass riffs and regular chords played on the off beat by a guitar (noun.communication) |
| hyponym | : | skiffle, |
| definition | : | a style of popular music in the 1950s; based on American folk music and played on guitars and improvised percussion instruments (noun.communication) |
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