singable
Ready for karaoke
Singable describes music or lyrics that are easy and pleasant to sing.
A singable melody has a comfortable range and natural phrasing that voices can follow without strain: The composer wrote singable tunes that audiences hummed on the way home.
Song lyrics are singable when words flow smoothly and don't trip up the tongue.
Inescapable catchy melody
- hookCurved catching device
- chorusSingers performing together
- refrainAbstain from acting
- jingleBrief advertising melody
anthem · hit · tune · bop · addictive · repetitive · sticky · memorable
Musical sequence of notes
- balladNarrative poem or song
- ariaOperatic solo piece
- dittyShort, simple song
- serenadeOutdoor romantic performance
carol · lullaby · croon · hum · warble · cantabile · chanson · hymn
earworm
Inescapable catchy melody
jingle · anthem · hit · tune · bop · addictive · repetitive · sticky · memorable · infectious
tune
Musical sequence of notes
serenade · carol · lullaby · croon · hum · warble · cantabile · chanson · hymn · airs
verse
Metered poetic passage
refrain · couplet · meter · cadence · phrasing · syllable · scansion · lyrics · wordplay · vowel
acapella
Vocal music, no instruments
barbershop · ensemble · polyphony · counterpoint · canon · round · choir · quartet · trio · harmonize
singableunsingable
Impossible to vocalize melodically
unmelodic · atonal · unperformable · dissonant · chromatic
singableinstrumental
Serving as means
unmusical · nonmusical · nonvocal · wordless · voiceless
song, sing, singer, singing, sung, songs, sang, songbird, songwriter