Music Vocabulary

a professional singer, musician or songwriter 
Taylor Swift has become one of music's best-selling artists.

traditional music from a particular region or country
Did you hear any traditional folk music while you were in China?

a kind or style of music, movie, TV show, painting, etc. 
In music classes at school, the only genres we studied were classical music and jazz.

played at a concert in front of an audience
You don't hear live music in dance clubs anymore, only recorded music.

the words of a song
If you don't listen to the lyrics, you won't know what a song is about.

a pattern of beats and sounds that musicians play in time to and dancers move to
The rhythms of African music are much more complex than those of European music.

without inbuilt electrical equipment to amplify the sound
I can play acoustic guitar, but I can't play electric guitar.

three or more notes played together
Lots of great songs only have two chords, you know.

the part of a song with the same melody and words each time it's heard
I'll sing the verses, and you sing the choruses.

a musician who writes and performs his or her own songs Most singer-songwriters also play guitar or keyboards.

the part of a song with the same melody but different words each time it's heard 
The song has a chorus and three verses.