ballads
Slow, sentimental songs
Ballads are narrative songs or poems that tell a story, typically in simple stanzas with a repeated refrain.
Traditional ballads recount tales of love, tragedy, or adventure: old Scottish ballads, murder ballads.
In popular music, a ballad is a slow, emotional song, usually about love or heartbreak: a power ballad, The album closes with a tender ballad.
Traveling performer of songs
- bardPoet of epics
- folkloreInherited cultural narratives
- traditionCustom passed through generations
- heritageInherited cultural legacy
oral · shanty · ditty · broadside · campfire · fiddle · banjo · accordion
Pleasing sequence of notes
- chorusSingers performing together
- verseMetered poetic passage
- refrainAbstain from acting
- tuneMusical sequence of notes
harmony · tempo · rhythm · vocal · singer · crooner · duet · composition
Metered poetic passage
- stanzaPoem's line grouping
- rhymeMatching terminal sounds
- meterDevice that measures usage
- refrainAbstain from acting
chorus · couplet · quatrain · repetition · imagery · cadence · diction · ode
Recounting events aloud
- taleSpoken or written narrative
- sagaExtended heroic narrative
- epicImpressively grand in scope
- legendUnverified traditional tale
chronicle · yarn · tragedy · hero · villain · adventure · dialogue · plot
minstrel
Traveling performer of songs
heritage · oral · shanty · ditty · broadside · campfire · fiddle · banjo · accordion · mandolin
melody
Pleasing sequence of notes
tune · harmony · tempo · rhythm · vocal · singer · crooner · duet · composition · accompaniment
verse
Metered poetic passage
refrain · chorus · couplet · quatrain · repetition · imagery · cadence · diction · ode · elegy
storytelling
Recounting events aloud
legend · chronicle · yarn · tragedy · hero · villain · adventure · dialogue · plot · drama
sorrowful
Filled with grief
lamenting · tragic · heartbreak · longing · nostalgic · bittersweet · elegiac · forlorn · pensive · somber
love
Intense fond attachment
- serenadeOutdoor romantic performance
- courtshipSeeking another's romantic favor
- sweetheartAffectionate name for beloved
devotion · passion · tender · wooing · heartache · yearning · tryst · affection · longing · embrace
- songssong, songs, tune, melody, ditty
- cultural heritagefolklore, traditions, customs, folk music revival, museum collections
- folk culturefolk customs, folk beliefs, folk costume, folk crafts, folk medicine
- folklorefairy tales, fairytales, folktales, folk tales, folk tale
- folk activitiesfolk dance, folk music, folk art, storytelling, folk tales
- folk collectionsfolk tales, folk songs, folk music, folk art, folk costumes
balladsbangers
British term for sausages
club anthems · dance music · techno · drum and bass · rockers
balladsfight songs
Rousing team music
thrash metal · hardcore punk · death metal · bangers · celebratory songs
balladsinstrumentals
Music without lyrics
jams · extended mixes · beats · loops · breakdowns
- power balladEmotional slow rock song
- love balladsSentimental songs about romance
- folk balladsNarrative songs from oral tradition
- romantic balladSentimental song about affection
- rock balladSlow, emotional guitar-driven song
- pop balladsSlow, emotional chart songs