Term: blues: a type of folksong that originated among Black Americans at the beginning of the 20th century; has a melancholy sound from repeated use of blue notes
Broader: black music: music created by African-American musicians; early forms were songs that had a melodic line and a strong rhythmic beat with repeated choruses | Unrelated: deceleration: a decrease in rate of change
Broader: black music: music created by African-American musicians; early forms were songs that had a melodic line and a strong rhythmic beat with repeated choruses | Unrelated: carnelian: a translucent red or orange variety of chalcedony
Broader: black music: music created by African-American musicians; early forms were songs that had a melodic line and a strong rhythmic beat with repeated choruses | Unrelated: freezing mixture: a mixture of substances (usually salt and ice) to obtain a temperature below the freezing point of water
Broader: black music: music created by African-American musicians; early forms were songs that had a melodic line and a strong rhythmic beat with repeated choruses | Unrelated: approbation: official approval
Broader: black music: music created by African-American musicians; early forms were songs that had a melodic line and a strong rhythmic beat with repeated choruses | Unrelated: color sergeant: a sergeant in a color guard who carries one of the colors
Broader: black music: music created by African-American musicians; early forms were songs that had a melodic line and a strong rhythmic beat with repeated choruses | Unrelated: hypochondria: chronic and abnormal anxiety about imaginary symptoms and ailments
Broader: black music: music created by African-American musicians; early forms were songs that had a melodic line and a strong rhythmic beat with repeated choruses | Unrelated: syncope: (phonology) the loss of sounds from within a word (as in `fo'c'sle' for `forecastle')
Broader: black music: music created by African-American musicians; early forms were songs that had a melodic line and a strong rhythmic beat with repeated choruses | Unrelated: scardinius: rudds
Broader: black music: music created by African-American musicians; early forms were songs that had a melodic line and a strong rhythmic beat with repeated choruses | Unrelated: domestic llama: used in the Andes as a beast of burden and source of wool; considered a domesticated variety of the guanaco
Broader: black music: music created by African-American musicians; early forms were songs that had a melodic line and a strong rhythmic beat with repeated choruses | Unrelated: whale louse: amphipod crustacean parasitic on cetaceans