Music TheoryPrint

WA

Genres and styles whose names start with WA.

Entry

Waltz (music)

A waltz, probably deriving from German Ländler, is dance music in triple metre, often written in time. A waltz typically sounds one chord per measure, and the accompaniment style particularly

Read →
Entry

Wangga

Wangga (sometimes spelled Wongga) is an Aboriginal Australian genre of traditional music and ceremony which originated in Northern Territory and north Western Australia, specifically from South

Read →
Entry

War song

A war song is a musical composition that relates to war, or a society's attitudes towards war. They may be pro-war, anti-war, or simply a description of everyday life during war

Read →
Entry

Warabe uta

are traditional Japanese songs, similar to nursery rhymes. They are often sung as part of traditional children's games. They are described as a form of min'yo: traditional Japanese songs, usually

Read →
Entry

Washington, D.C., hardcore

Washington, D.C., hardcore, commonly referred to as D.C. hardcore, sometimes styled in writing as harDCore, is the hardcore punk scene of Washington, D.C. Emerging in late 1979, it is considered one

Read →
Entry

Waulking song

Waulking songs () are Scottish folk songs, traditionally sung in the Gaelic language by women while fulling (waulking) cloth. This practice involved a group of women, who traditionally prepared

Read →
Entry

Wave music

Wave is a genre of bass music and a visual art style that emerged in the early 2010s in online communities. It is characterized by atmospheric melodies and harmonies, melodic and heavy bass such as

Read →