songbook
Bound musical pages
A songbook is a collection of songs, usually with lyrics and often with musical notation, compiled in a single volume.
Songbooks may be organized around a theme, genre, artist, or purpose—hymnals for churches, fakebooks for jazz musicians, campfire songbooks for scouts.
She brought her old folk songbook to the singalong.
The term can also refer informally to a performer's repertoire: That classic has been in her songbook for decades.
Collected literary works volume
- compilationGathered works assembled together
- hymnalReligious song collection
- psalterDevotional song compilation
- repertoireWorks ready to perform
folio · volume · edition · index · catalog · binding · cover · spine
Religious song collection
- liederArchaic word for songs
- spiritualsEnslaved people's sacred songs
- standardsAccepted levels of quality
- showtunesSongs from musicals
nursery rhymes · anthems · lullabies · sea shanties · patriotic · traditional · popular
Metered poetic passage
- chorusSingers performing together
- refrainAbstain from acting
- stanzaPoem's line grouping
- rhymeMatching terminal sounds
couplet · bridge · hook · words · poetry · ballad · prose · narrative
Numerical standing in competition
- arrangementOrdered configuration or agreement
- transcriptionWritten version of speech
- sheet musicPublished performance notation
- tablatureFingering-based musical notation
lead sheet · chord chart · key signature · time signature · tempo marking · dynamics · staff · clef
Communal vocal session
- campfireOutdoor fire for gathering
- karaokeSinging to backing tracks
- recitalSolo musical performance
- rehearsalPre-performance practice session
choir practice · gathering · setlist · repertoire · audience · accompanist · pianist · guitarist
anthology
Collected literary works volume
- compilationGathered works assembled together
- hymnalReligious song collection
- psalterDevotional song compilation
repertoire · folio · volume · edition · index · catalog · binding · cover · spine · paperback
hymnal
Religious song collection
- liederArchaic word for songs
- spiritualsEnslaved people's sacred songs
- standardsAccepted levels of quality
showtunes · nursery rhymes · anthems · lullabies · sea shanties · patriotic · traditional · popular
verse
Metered poetic passage
rhyme · couplet · bridge · hook · words · poetry · ballad · prose · narrative · metaphor
score
Numerical standing in competition
- arrangementOrdered configuration or agreement
- transcriptionWritten version of speech
- sheet musicPublished performance notation
tablature · lead sheet · chord chart · key signature · time signature · tempo marking · dynamics · staff · clef · notation
singalong
Communal vocal session
rehearsal · choir practice · gathering · setlist · repertoire · audience · accompanist · pianist · guitarist · conductor
- song collectionshymnal, hymnals, carols, lullabies, sea shanties
- worship booksprayer books, hymnal, hymnals, missal, missals
- booksnovel, textbooks, study guides, paperback, hardcover
- children's booksfairy tales, nursery rhymes, picture books, bedtime stories, Harry Potter
- compilationsanthology, compilation, anthologies, collection, collected stories
- karaokekaraoke, karaoke bar, karaoke box, karaoke machine, karaoke machines
songbookrecording
Captured audio or video
audio recording · album · record · CD · vinyl