African-American music 1
noundomain: communication
Princeton WordNet [ver.3.1]
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EnglishDefinition
music created by African-American musicians; early forms were songs that had a melodic line and a strong rhythmic beat with repeated choruses
Hypernym
music genre 1
noun
an expressive style of music
EnglishHyponym
blues 1
noun
a type of folksong that originated among Black Americans at the beginning of the 20th century; has a melancholy sound from repeated use of blue notes
soul 5
noun
a secular form of gospel that was a major Black musical genre in the 1960s and 1970s
rap 5
noun
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
calypso 3
noun
a musical style of West Indian origin, influenced by jazz, usually having topical, often improvised, lyrics.
