Blues - A style that features guitars and a vocalist, usually with sad lyrics and a slow tempo, Gospel - Modern vocal style, sung in English, religious lyrics, usually upbeat and lively., Ragtime - A style usually played on the piano, with a vamp style accompaniment played by the left hand and a syncopated melody played by the right., Swing - A style developed from jazz, played by a big band, upbeat and usually fast, good for dancing to., Rock 'n Roll - An early style of popular music featuring a singer, guitars, drum kit, and usually a double bass. Simple structure, mostly upbeat, good for dancing to., Rock - A heavy style of popular music that heavily features guitars that use electronic features like distortion, with passionate lyrics. , Rap - A rhythmic style of modern music where words are mostly spoken rather than sung., African Music - A style of world music that often uses ostinatos played by a variety of drums., Latin American Music - A style of world music that uses a lot of percussion, guitars, usually a singer that will sing in either Spanish or English., Indian Music - A style of world music which heavily features the sitar and tabla., Minimalist - A modern style of music built using repetition and ostinatos. Very minimal development occurring over a long period of time., Waulking Song - Style of Scottish Song: an old working song, sung by women working tweed. Unaccompanied, with a strong beat underneath, Bothy Ballad - Style of Scottish Song: tells a story, usually lyrics of farming life. Usually unaccompanied and sung by a male voice., Gaelic Psalm - Style of Scottish Song: sung in Gaelic, led by a preacher (usually male) and joined by congregation. Unaccompanied, in free time. , Scots Ballad - Style of Scottish Song: tells a story, usually using lyrics of a poem or in the style of a ballad. Usually accompanied., Mouth Music - Style of Scottish Song: singing either nonsense words or Gaelic words to mimic the sound of an instrument, Reel - Style of Scottish Dance: fast dance in simple time, Strathspey - Style of Scottish Dance: moderate tempo, simple time, 4 beats per bar, features dotted rhythms, specifically the Scotch Snap , Waltz - Style of Scottish Dance: dance with three beats per bar, Jig - Style of Scottish Dance: fast dance in compound time, March - Style of Scottish Dance: moderate tempo, simple time, 2 or 4 beats per bar, strong beat underneath, used for marching, Celtic Rock - A style that blends traditional Scottish music with Rock features, Pibroch - Solo bagpipe music., Musical - A theatrical style either sung by a soloist or a group of singers, with a band accompanying. Normally tells a story. , Chorus - A style with a large group of singers, and orchestral accompaniment, sung in an operatic style., Aria - A solo song sung in an operatic style with orchestral accompaniment., Cadenza - A passage in a concerto for the soloist to show off their technical abilities. , Concerto - A style of music featuring a soloist, accompanied by an orchestra., Sonata - A style of music for solo instrument and piano OR a solo piano. (if Baroque, the harpsichord),

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