african-american music

Noun
  1. Music created by African-American musicians;
    Early forms were songs that had a melodic line and a strong rhythmic beat with repeated choruses (synset 107039073)
    is a type of: genre, music genre, musical genre, musical style - an expressive style of music
    subtypes:
    • blues - 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 - a secular form of gospel that was a major Black musical genre in the 1960s and 1970s
    • hip-hop, rap, rap music - 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
    • r and b, rhythm and blues - a combination of blues and jazz that was developed in the United States by Black musicians; an important precursor of rock 'n' roll
    same as: black music

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