dance tune
Music for moving
A dance tune is a piece of music composed or arranged specifically for dancing, with rhythm and tempo suited to particular dance styles.
The term often evokes traditional or folk music—fiddle tunes, reels, jigs—rather than contemporary club tracks: The band played old dance tunes from the region.
Any catchy, rhythmic melody might be called a dance tune informally.
- jigSpirited folk dance
- reelWinding cylinder or dance
- waltzDance in three-quarter time
- two stepGliding partnered dance
- melodyPleasing sequence of notes
rhythm · fiddle · folk music · polka · swing · beat · ballroom · lively · step lively · stomp · twirl · hornpipe · folk · tempo · quickstep · minuet · music hall · toe tapping
- Catchy Tunesearworm, jingle, ditty, pop song, radio hit
- tuneslullaby, jingle, theme song, ringtone, waltz
- Celtic Folkjigs, reels, bodhrán, Irish jig, Irish jigs
- folk musicfolk, folk music, folk songs, folk ballads, folk ballad
- folk dancesjig, polka, hoedown, hopak, czardas
- folk music stylessea shanty, work song, call and response
dance tuneballad
Narrative poem or song
dirge · lullaby · funeral march · requiem · adagio
dance tunehymn
Religious song of praise
meditation music · processional · work song · marching song · ballad
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