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Genres and styles whose names start with SE.
Sea shanty
A sea shanty, shanty, chantey, or chanty () is a genre of traditional folk song that was once commonly sung as a work song to accompany rhythmical labor aboard large merchant sailing vessels. The
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singing ( , ; Irish for 'old style') is unaccompanied, traditional Irish vocal music usually performed in the Irish language. singing usually involves very long melodic phrases with highly ornamented
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Seapunk is a subculture and internet aesthetic that originated on Tumblr in 2011. It is associated with an aquatic-themed style of fashion, 3D net art, iconography, and allusions to popular culture
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Sebene, also spelled seben, is an instrumental section commonly played in Congolese rumba. It is usually played towards the end of the song and is the dancing section where the lead and rhythm
Read → EntrySeconda pratica
, Italian for "second practice", is the counterpart to (or ) and is sometimes referred to as . The term first appeared in 1603 in Giovanni Artusi's book (The Second Part of The Artusi, or,
Read → EntrySecular hymn (genre)
A secular hymn is a type of non-religious popular song that has elements in common with religious music, especially with Christian hymns. The concept goes back at least as far as 17 BCE when the
Read → EntrySecular Jewish music
Since Biblical times, music has held an important role in many Jews' lives. Jewish music has been influenced by surrounding Gentile traditions and Jewish sources preserved over time. Jewish musical
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or (Latin , "of the ages") is a term usually understood as meaning "worldly" or "non-religious", but when contrasted with cloistered monasteries a cathedral is technically a saecular institution with
Read → EntrySega (genre)
Sega () is one of the major music genres of Mauritius and Réunion. It is a complete performance art, involving music, story-telling and traditional dance. Musically, the most modern forms common in
Read → EntrySeguidilla
The seguidilla (; ; plural in both English and Spanish seguidillas; diminutive of seguida, which means "sequence" and is the name of a dance) is an old Castilian folksong and dance form in quick
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The seis is a type of Puerto Rican Jíbaro dance music closely associated with the décima. It originated in the latter half of the 17th century in the southern part of Spain. The seis is influenced by
Read → EntrySelichot
Selichot (, singular: , səliḥā) are Jewish penitential poems and prayers, especially those said in the period leading up to the High Holidays, and on fast days. The Thirteen Attributes of Mercy are a
Read → EntrySemi-classical music
In South Asia, semi-classical music (Hindi: नीम क्लासिकी मौसीक़ी, Urdu: نیم کلاسیکی موسیقی; neem klaseeki moseeqi) is derived from Hindustani classical music or Carnatic music that is often combined
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The terms "semi-opera", "dramatic k opera" and "English opera" were all applied to Restoration entertainments that combined spoken plays with masque-like episodes employing singing and dancing
Read → EntrySenegalese hip-hop
Senegalese hip hop is a form of hip hop that originated in Senegal in the early 1980s. When hip hop first hit the scene in Africa, it went from merely being a fad, to a more social and political
Read → EntrySenja (genre)
Senja songs (lit. Dusk songs) refers to a style of Indonesian independent music that is usually performed with minimalist acoustic arrangements (often just acoustic guitar, string bass, or soft
Read → EntrySentimental ballad
A sentimental ballad is an emotional style of music that often deals with romantic and intimate relationships, and to a lesser extent, loneliness, death, war, drug abuse, politics and religion,
Read → EntrySephardic music
Sephardic music is an umbrella term used to refer to the music of the Sephardic Jewish community. Sephardic Jews have a diverse repertoire the origins of which center primarily around the
Read → EntrySerbian hip-hop
Serbian hip-hop () is an umbrella term for all genres of hip-hop in the Serbian language. It sometimes also refers to any hip-hop music made by Serbs, including instrumental hip-hop, and rap songs by
Read → EntrySerbian pop
Serbian pop is the pop music scene of Serbia. From the 1940s until the 1980s, while Serbia was a constituent republic of Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, Serbian pop scene was a part of the
Read → EntrySerenade
In music, a serenade (; also sometimes called a serenata, from the Italian) is a musical composition or performance delivered in honour of someone or something. Serenades are typically calm, light
Read → EntrySerialism
In music, serialism is a method of composition using series of pitches, rhythms, dynamics, timbres or other musical elements. Serialism began primarily with Arnold Schoenberg's twelve-tone technique,
Read → EntrySertanejo music
Sertanejo music () is a term used to refer to a musical style of Brazil. For some, it is the folk music of São Paulo, which emerged during the Brazilian colonial period, and popularized in the 1920s,
Read → EntrySevdalinka
Sevdalinka (), also known as sevdah, Bosanski sevdah is a traditional genre of folk music originating in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Sevdalinka is an integral part of the Bosniak culture, but it is
Read → EntrySevillanas
Sevillanas () are a type of folk music and dance of Sevilla and its region. They were derived from the Seguidilla, an old Castilian folk music and dance genre. In the nineteenth century they were
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