- music
- n1. sounds, tones, rhythm; singing, instrumentation, orchestration; harmonization, harmony, euphony; cacophony, dissonance; counterpoint, polyphony.2. melody, tune, cavatina, song, lay, descant, aria, arietta, strain; theme, passage, chorus, refrain, Music. burden; madrigal, round, glee, catch; lullaby, cradle song, berceuse; chanson, ballad, lied, ditty, canzonet; morning song, aubade; nocturne, serenade; carol, hymn, chorale, canticle, chant, antiphon, drone; dirge, (in Scotland and England) coronach; opera, operetta, oratorio, cantata, serenata.3. opus, composition, concert piece, symphony, sonata, concerto, chamber music; prelude, overture, voluntary; adagio, andante, largo, pastorale; fugue, rondo, toccata, improvisation; capriccio, caprice, fantasia, scherzo; minuet, pavane, waltz; gavotte, galop, cotillion, mazurka, polka, bolero; hornpipe, jig, reel; foxtrot, two-step, tango; gagaku.4. jazz, Dixieland, ragtime, swing, jive, bebop, bop, boogie-woogie; blues, rhythm and blues, R & B, country and western, C & W, bluegrass; soul, reggae, pop; salsa, bosa nova, rumba, samba; folk, folk-rock, rock, rock'n'roll, acid rock, punk rock.5. tone, tonality, intonation, pitch, timbre, cadence; modulation, resonance; overtones, harmonics.
A Note on the Style of the synonym finder. 2014.