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Nouns.
- award (plural: awards)
- ballet a classical dance form characterized by grace and precision of movement and by elaborate formal gestures, steps, and poses.
- band (plural: bands) a group of musicians.
- blues a style of music that evolved from southern African-American secular songs.
- choreography the art of arranging the movements, steps, and patterns of dancers.
- classical music music composed during the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, characterized by the development of the sonata by such composers as Mozart, Beethoven and Haydn.
- concert (plural: concerts) a performance given by one or more singers or instrumentalists or both.
- conductor (plural: conductors) one who directs an orchestra or other such group.
- country music derived from or imitating the folk style of the Southern U.S. or of the Western cowboy.
- dance (plural: dances) moving rhythmically to music, typically following a set sequence of steps.
- entertainment
- folk music a type of popular music that is based on traditional music and that does not use electric instruments.
- jazz a type of music of African American origin in New Orleans around the beginning of the 20th century and characterized by improvisation.
- lyrics the words of a song in popular music.
- music vocal or instrumental sounds combined in such a way as to produce beauty of form, harmony, and expression of emotion.
- musical (plural: musicals) a drama interspersed with numerous songs and dance set-pieces.
- musician (plural: musicians) one who composes, conducts, or performs music, especially instrumental music.
- opera (plural: operas) a theatrical presentation in which a dramatic performance is set to music.
- performance (plural: performances) a dramatic or musical entertainment.
- performing arts forms of creative activity that are performed in front of an audience, such as drama, music, and dance.
- pop music music that is popular in the mainstream. The term “pop” refers to all kinds of genres, such as rock, country, rap.
- rap music a genre of African-American music in which rhyming lyrics are chanted to a musical accompaniment.
- rock music a genre of popular music. It developed during and after the 1960s in the United States. It is based around amplified instruments, especially the electric guitar and electric bass, and is characterized by a strong bass line and driving rhythms. It is typically performed by rock groups.
- rhythm and blues music (R&M) a genre of popular music that originated in African-American communities in the 1940s.
- singer (plural: singers) one who sings; makes music with their voice.
- song (plural: songs) a brief composition written or adapted for singing.
- symphony (plural symphonies) an extended large-scale orchestral composition, usually with several movements, at least one of which is in sonata form.
- symphony orchestra (plural: orchestras) an orchestra capable of performing symphonies, especially the large orchestra comprising strings, brass, woodwind, harp, and percussion.
- vocalist (plural: vocalists) a singer.
Verbs.
- to dance to move rhythmically usually to music, using prescribed or improvised steps and gestures.
- to perform to present a dramatic or musical work or other entertainment before an audience.
- to play to present a theatrical performance or other entertainment in a given place; to perform on an instrument.
Adjectives.
- classical relating to music in the educated European tradition, such as symphony and opera, as opposed to popular or folk music.
- musical related to music.
- theatrical relating to, or suitable for dramatic performance or the theater.
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