DANCE MUSIC

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does dance music mean? 

• DANCE MUSIC (noun)
  The noun DANCE MUSIC has 2 senses:

1. a genre of popular music composed for ballroom dancing

2. music to dance to

  Familiarity information: DANCE MUSIC used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DANCE MUSIC (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A genre of popular music composed for ballroom dancing

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

ballroom music; dance music; danceroom music

Hypernyms ("dance music" is a kind of...):

popular music; popular music genre (any genre of music having wide appeal (but usually only for a short time))

Sense 2

Meaning:

Music to dance to

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("dance music" is a kind of...):

music (an artistic form of auditory communication incorporating instrumental or vocal tones in a structured and continuous manner)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "dance music"):

pavan; pavane (music composed for dancing the pavane)

kwela (a kind of danceable music popular among black South Africans; includes a whistle among its instruments)

jazz (a style of dance music popular in the 1920s; similar to New Orleans jazz but played by large bands)

rag; ragtime (music with a syncopated melody (usually for the piano))

waltz (music composed in triple time for waltzing)

techno (a style of fast heavy electronic dance music usually without vocals)

tarantella (music composed in six-eight time for dancing the tarantella)

tango (music written in duple time for dancing the tango)

saraband (music composed for dancing the saraband)

samba (music composed for dancing the samba)

rhumba; rumba (syncopated music in duple time for dancing the rumba)

reel (music composed for dancing a reel)

quadrille (music for dancing the quadrille)

polka (music performed for dancing the polka)

beguine (music written in the bolero rhythm of the beguine dance)

paso doble (music in march time composed for dancing the paso doble; often played at bull fights)

minuet (a stately piece of music composed for dancing the minuet; often incorporated into a sonata or suite)

mazurka (music composed for dancing the mazurka)

landler (music in triple time for dancing the landler)

gigue; jig (music in three-four time for dancing a jig)

hornpipe (music for dancing the hornpipe)

habanera (music composed in duple time for dancing the habanera)

gavotte (music composed in quadruple time for dancing the gavotte)

flamenco (guitar music composed for dancing the flamenco)

conga (music composed for dancing the conga)

carioca (music composed for dancing the carioca)

bolero (music written in the rhythm of the bolero dance)