chanty
Sea work song
A chanty is a sailors' work song, sung in rhythm with physical labor like hauling ropes or raising anchors.
The lead singer calls out a line and the crew responds in chorus, the timing coordinating their collective effort: The old salt taught us a chanty from his whaling days.
Also spelled shanty or chantey.
Music paced to labor
- folk songTraditional community music
- call-and-responseAlternating musical exchange
- chorusSingers performing together
- refrainAbstain from acting
melody · ballad · ditty · heave-ho · capstan · fo'c'sle · traditional · singalong
Seafaring crew member
- seafarerOne who navigates oceans
- marinerOne who navigates ships
- vesselReceptacle for contents
- shipSeagoing transport vessel
voyage · nautical · ocean · harbor · port · mast · deck · galley
Transporting heavy items
- hoistingRaising with effort
- heavingMoving up and down
- capstanVertical rotating hauling device
- anchorSecures ships to seabed
rigging · cargo · rope · windlass · crew · toil · deckhand · longshoreman
Rhythmic pulse or strike
- tempoRate of musical performance
- cadenceRhythmic pulse or pattern
- pulseArterial blood throb
- call-and-responseAlternating musical exchange
heave-ho · timing · swing · synchronization · pull · coordination · meter · pace
work song
Music paced to labor
- folk songTraditional community music
- call-and-responseAlternating musical exchange
- chorusSingers performing together
refrain · melody · ballad · ditty · heave-ho · capstan · fo'c'sle · traditional · singalong · unaccompanied
sailor
Seafaring crew member
ship · voyage · nautical · ocean · harbor · port · mast · deck · galley · anchor
hauling
Transporting heavy items
anchor · rigging · cargo · rope · windlass · crew · toil · deckhand · longshoreman · stevedore
beat
Rhythmic pulse or strike
call-and-response · heave-ho · timing · swing · synchronization · pull · coordination · meter · pace
- folk versefolk ballad, folk song, nursery rhyme, lullaby, ballad
- naval traditionscrossing the line, ringing bells, watches, ship christening, ship's bell
- sea shantiesDrunken Sailor, shanties, sea shanties, Rio Grande, South Australia
- Royal NavyRoyal Navy, admiral, warship, HMS Victory, battleship
chantylullaby
Soothing song for babies
cradle song · berceuse · requiem · dirge · funeral march
- war chantMartial vocal rallying cry
- sea chantySailors' coordinated work song
- stadium chantCollective fan vocalization
- sea chantiesSailors' work songs
- crowd chantSynchronized shouting by spectators
- Gregorian chantMonophonic Catholic liturgical music
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