danceroom music - a genre of popular music composed for ballroom dancingbeguine - music written in the bolero rhythm of the beguine dance bolero - music written in the rhythm of the bolero dance carioca - music composed for dancing the carioca conga - music composed for dancing the conga flamenco - guitar music composed for dancing the flamenco gavotte - music composed in quadruple time for dancing the gavotte habanera - music composed in duple time for dancing the habanera hornpipe - music for dancing the hornpipe jig - music in three-four time for dancing a jig landler - music in triple time for dancing the landler mazurka - music composed for dancing the mazurka minuet - a stately piece of music composed for dancing the minuet; often incorporated into a sonata or suite paso doble - music in march time composed for dancing the paso doble; often played a bull fights polka - music performed for dancing the polka reel - music composed for dancing a reel rhumba, rumba - syncopated music in duple time for dancing the rumba samba - music composed for dancing the samba saraband - music composed for dancing the saraband tango - music written in duple time for dancing the tango tarantella - music composed in six-eight time for dancing the tarantella waltz - music composed in triple time for waltzing ragtime, rag - music with a syncopated melody (usually for the piano) jazz - a style of dance music popular in the 1920s; similar to New Orleans jazz but played by large bands kwela - a kind of danceable music popular among black South Africans; includes a whistle among its instruments |