Song without words

Scat song

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nonsense words generally used only in the improvised chorus as part of a song that otherwise has ordinary words

Tail piece

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a piece of metal or wood at the lower end of a stringed instrument to which the strings are attached

Air

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tune, tuneful song, art song accompanied by the lute or viola da gamba

Art song

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designed to stand alone and written for the concert hall, rather than a traditional or folk song

Ayre

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tune, tuneful song, art song accompanied by the lute or viola da gamba

Bagatelle

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French, German

trifle, unpretentious; a short, light instrumental piece of music of no specified form, usually for piano

Ballade

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thirteenth , fourteenth and fifteenth century formes fixes, a strophic piece, each stanza having an initial repeated section…

Barcarola

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Italian

a song or instrumental piece associated with boats and boating generally in compound duple (6/8) or compound quadruple (12/8)