dance music

Noun
  1. A genre of popular music composed for ballroom dancing (synset 107074737)
    is a type of: popular music, popular music genre - any genre of music having wide appeal (but usually only for a short time)
    same as: ballroom music, danceroom music
  2. Music to dance to (synset 107068473)
    is a type of: music - an artistic form of auditory communication incorporating instrumental or vocal tones in a structured and continuous manner
    subtypes:
    • beguine - music written in the bolero rhythm of the beguine dance
    • bolero - music written in the rhythm of the bolero dance
    • carioca - music composed for dancing the carioca
    • conga - music composed for dancing the conga
    • flamenco - guitar music composed for dancing the flamenco
    • gavotte - music composed in quadruple time for dancing the gavotte
    • habanera - music composed in duple time for dancing the habanera
    • hornpipe - music for dancing the hornpipe
    • gigue, jig - music in three-four time for dancing a jig
    • landler - music in triple time for dancing the landler
    • mazurka - music composed for dancing the mazurka
    • minuet - a stately piece of music composed for dancing the minuet; often incorporated into a sonata or suite
    • paso doble - music in march time composed for dancing the paso doble; often played at bull fights
    • pavan, pavane - music composed for dancing the pavane
    • polka - music performed for dancing the polka
    • quadrille - music for dancing the quadrille
    • reel - music composed for dancing a reel
    • rhumba, rumba - syncopated music in duple time for dancing the rumba
    • samba - music composed for dancing the samba
    • saraband - music composed for dancing the saraband
    • tango - music written in duple time for dancing the tango
    • tarantella - music composed in six-eight time for dancing the tarantella
    • techno - a style of fast heavy electronic dance music usually without vocals
    • waltz - music composed in triple time for waltzing
    • rag, ragtime - music with a syncopated melody (usually for the piano)
    • jazz - a style of dance music popular in the 1920s; similar to New Orleans jazz but played by large bands
    • kwela - a kind of danceable music popular among black South Africans; includes a whistle among its instruments

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