Music Vocabulary – Common Words & Phrases
Music Vocabulary Set 1: Key definitions
Set 1: Music genres
There are many different styles of music around the world. These are some of the
mainstream genres but do add others to your own music vocabulary list if there are
particular styles you like that aren’t included here.
music genre – a distinct type or style of music
- My favourite music genre is rap.
pop – popular music; music liked by a broad range of the population
- Pop songs are enjoyed by lots of different types of people because they have a good
rhythm, a catchy melody, and are easy to remember and sing along to.
rock music – music that is based on amplified instruments, especially the electric
guitar and electric bass, and characterized by a strong bass line and strong rhythms
- The Rolling Stones play some of the best rock music ever written.
heavy metal – a type of highly amplified harsh-sounding rock music with a strong
beat, characteristically using violent or fantasy imagery
- I like some rock music but find heavy metal a bit too loud.
rap – a type of music in which the words are not sung but are spoken in a rapid,
rhythmic way
- Whilst I’m not a great fan of rap music, I do think it’s amazing how they speak so
fast and remember the words.
country music – a form of popular music originating in the rural southern US. It is a
mixture of ballads and dance tunes played characteristically on fiddle, banjo, guitar,
and pedal steel guitar.
- There’s a great country music venue in my town where everyone dresses up as
cowboys when they go to gigs.
jazz – a style of music that is generally loud and rhythmic, where the musicians often
make the music up as they go along
- Louis Armstrong is still a popular jazz musician many decades after his death.
reggae – a form of music with a distinct beat that originated in Jamaica and is still
associated with the Caribbean
- Bob Marley was the first internationally known reggae musician.
blues – African-American music that expresses grief or sorrow about injustice and a
longing for a better life
- Did you know that the blues is named after the expression ‘to feel blue’ which
means to be sad or depressed?
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