songman
Indigenous musical performer
A songman is a man who performs or composes songs, particularly in traditional or indigenous contexts.
The term appears most often in reference to Aboriginal Australian culture, where songmen hold ceremonial roles as keepers and performers of sacred songs that encode law, history, and spiritual knowledge: The songman led the ceremony with ancient verses.
Poet of epics
- minstrelTraveling performer of songs
- jongleurMedieval wandering entertainer
- meistersingerGerman guild poet-musician
- skaldNorse heroic poet
griot · gleeman · filí · serenade · lute · wandering · courtly · medieval
Soft-voiced romantic vocalist
- tenorEssential meaning or import
- baritoneMid-range male voice
- sopranoHighest female voice range
- bassDeep pitch or fish
contralto · mezzo-soprano · falsetto · belter · chanteuse · chanteur · warbler · harmonizer
Skilled prose artisan
- rhymeMatching terminal sounds
- verseMetered poetic passage
- metaphorImplied identity comparison
- imageryVivid descriptive language
hook · chorus · bridge · stanza · refrain · couplet · cadence · alliteration
Pleasing sequence of notes
- harmonyAgreement or musical blend
- arrangementOrdered configuration or agreement
- scoreNumerical standing in competition
- notationSystem of written symbols
orchestration · producer · arranger · conductor · soundtrack · jingle · anthem · opus
bard
Poet of epics
- minstrelTraveling performer of songs
- jongleurMedieval wandering entertainer
- meistersingerGerman guild poet-musician
skald · griot · gleeman · filí · serenade · lute · wandering · courtly · medieval · balladry
crooner
Soft-voiced romantic vocalist
bass · contralto · mezzo-soprano · falsetto · belter · chanteuse · chanteur · warbler · harmonizer · soloist
wordsmith
Skilled prose artisan
imagery · hook · chorus · bridge · stanza · refrain · couplet · cadence · alliteration · assonance
melody
Pleasing sequence of notes
- harmonyAgreement or musical blend
- arrangementOrdered configuration or agreement
- scoreNumerical standing in competition
notation · orchestration · producer · arranger · conductor · soundtrack · jingle · anthem · opus · songcraft
man, song, sing, human, singer, singing, songs, mankind, songwriter