S: (n) cantus firmus (a pre-existing melody used as the basis for a polyphonic composition; originally drawn from plainchant, but later drawn from other sources)
S: (n) Hallel ((Judaism) a chant of praise (Psalms 113 through 118) used at Passover and Shabuoth and Sukkoth and Hanukkah and Rosh Hodesh)
S: (n) keen (a funeral lament sung with loud wailing)
S: (n) drinking song (a song celebrating the joys of drinking; sung at drinking parties)
S: (n) folk song, folksong, folk ballad (a song that is traditionally sung by the common people of a region and forms part of their culture)
S: (n) 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)
S: (n) madrigal (an unaccompanied partsong for 2 or 3 voices; follows a strict poetic form)
S: (n) round, troll (a partsong in which voices follow each other; one voice starts and others join in one after another until all are singing different parts of the song at the same time) "they enjoyed singing rounds"
S: (adj) vocal (relating to or designed for or using the singing voice) "vocal technique"; "the vocal repertoire"; "organized a vocal group to sing his compositions"
S: (adj) vocal (having or using the power to produce speech or sound) "vocal organs"; "all vocal beings hymned their praise"
S: (adj) outspoken, vocal (given to expressing yourself freely or insistently) "outspoken in their opposition to segregation"; "a vocal assembly"
S: (adj) vocal (full of the sound of voices) "a playground vocal with the shouts and laughter of children"