Slow sentimental song
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3 letters

POP
Music of general appeal to teenagers; a bland watered-down version of rock'n'roll with more rhythm and harmony and an emphasis on romantic love

ODE
A lyric poem with complex stanza forms

LAY
Impose as a duty, burden, or punishment; "lay a responsibility on someone"

HUM
An Islamic fundamentalist group in Pakistan that fought the Soviet Union in Afghanistan in the 1980s; now operates as a terrorist organization primarily in Kashmir and seeks Kashmir's accession by Pakistan

HIT
(baseball) a successful stroke in an athletic contest (especially in baseball); "he came all the way around on Williams' hit"

4 letters

TWIT
Aggravation by deriding or mocking or criticizing

SONG
A distinctive or characteristic sound; "the song of bullets was in the air"; "the song of the wind"; "the wheels sang their song as the train rocketed ahead"

SING
Produce tones with the voice; "She was singing while she was cooking"; "My brother sings very well"

POEM
A composition written in metrical feet forming rhythmical lines

PIPE
Play on a pipe; "pipe a tune"

NOEL
Period extending from Dec. 24 to Jan. 6

LILT
A jaunty rhythm in music

LIED
A German art song of the 19th century for voice and piano

IDYL
A short poem descriptive of rural or pastoral life

HYMN
Sing a hymn

EPOS
A body of poetry that conveys the traditions of a society by treating some epic theme

EPIC
Very imposing or impressive; surpassing the ordinary (especially in size or scale); "an epic voyage"; "of heroic proportions"; "heroic sculpture"

ALBA

5 letters

GAZAL

YODEL
Sing by changing register; sing by yodeling; "The Austrians were yodeling in the mountains"

VERSE
A piece of poetry

TROLL
Angling by drawing a baited line through the water

TRILL
A note that alternates rapidly with another note a semitone above it

TENSO

TANKA
A Tibetan religious painting on fabric

SOLFA
A system of solmization using the solfa syllables: do, re, mi, fa, sol, la, ti

SLOKA

SHAKE
Undermine or cause to waver; "my faith has been shaken"; "The bad news shook her hopes"

RHYME
A piece of poetry

PSALM
One of the 150 lyrical poems and prayers that comprise the Book of Psalms in the Old Testament; said to have been written by David

MATIN

LYRIC
The text of a popular song or musical-comedy number; "his compositions always started with the lyrics"; "he wrote both words and music"; "the song uses colloquial language"

IDYLL
A short poem descriptive of rural or pastoral life

HAIKU
An epigrammatic Japanese verse form of three short lines

EPODE

ELEGY
A mournful poem; a lament for the dead

DITTY
A short simple song (or the words of a poem intended to be sung)

DIRGE
A song or hymn of mourning composed or performed as a memorial to a dead person

CROON
Sing softly

CHIRP
Make high-pitched sounds; "the birds were chirping in the bushes"

CHANT
Recite with musical intonation; recite as a chant or a psalm; "The rabbi chanted a prayer"

CAROL
A joyful song (usually celebrating the birth of Christ)

CANSO

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

6 letters

EPOPEE

CHORUS
A company of actors who comment (by speaking or singing in unison) on the action in a classical Greek play

BALADA

AUBADE

ANTHEM
A song of devotion or loyalty (as to a nation or school)

BALLAD
A narrative poem of popular origin

WARBLE
A lumpy abscess under the hide of domestic mammals caused by larvae of a botfly or warble fly

SONNET
A verse form consisting of 14 lines with a fixed rhyme scheme

SERENA

SATIRE
Witty language used to convey insults or scorn; "he used sarcasm to upset his opponent"; "irony is wasted on the stupid"; "Satire is a sort of glass, wherein beholders do generally discover everybody's face but their own"--Jonathan Swift

RONDEL
A French verse form of 10 or 13 lines running on two rhymes; the opening phrase is repeated as the refrain of the second and third stanzas

QUAVER
Sing or play with trills, alternating with the half note above or below

MONODY
Music consisting of a single vocal part (usually with accompaniment)

JINGLE
A metallic sound; "the jingle of coins"; "the jangle of spurs"

INTONE
Speak carefully, as with rising and falling pitch or in a particular tone; "please intonate with sadness"

7 letters

WHISTLE
Give a signal by whistling; "She whistled for her maid"

WARSONG

VIRELAY

TWITTER
A series of chirps

TWEEDLE
Entice through the use of music

TRIOLET

TENZONE

SONGHIT

SESTINA

ROUNDEL
Round piece of armor plate that protects the armpit

RONDEAU
A French verse form of 10 or 13 lines running on two rhymes; the opening phrase is repeated as the refrain of the second and third stanzas

HITTUNE

GEORGIC

EPIGRAM
A witty saying

ECLOGUE
A short poem descriptive of rural or pastoral life

DESCANT
Sing by changing register; sing by yodeling; "The Austrians were yodeling in the mountains"

CHANTEY
A rhythmical work song originally sung by sailors

CHANSON

CANZONE

CALYPSO
(Greek mythology) the sea nymph who detained Odysseus for seven years

BUCOLIC
(used with regard to idealized country life) idyllically rustic; "a country life of arcadian contentment"; "a pleasant bucolic scene"; "charming in its pastoral setting"; "rustic tranquility"

BALLATA

BALLADE
A poem consisting of 3 stanzas and an envoy

ARTSONG

8 letters

VOCALIZE
Sing (each note a scale or in a melody) with the same vowel

VERSICLE
A short verse said or sung by a priest or minister in public worship and followed by a response from the congregation

VERSELET

THRENODY
A song or hymn of mourning composed or performed as a memorial to a dead person

SONGTYPE

SERENATA

SERENADE
A song characteristically played outside the house of a woman

POPMUSIC
Music of general appeal to teenagers; a bland watered-down version of rock'n'roll with more rhythm and harmony and an emphasis on romantic love

PASTORAL
A letter from a pastor to the congregation

PALINODE

MADRIGAL
An unaccompanied partsong for 2 or 3 voices; follows a strict poetic form

LOVELILT

LOVESONG
A song about love or expressing love for another person

LIMERICK
A humorous verse form of 5 anapestic lines with a rhyme scheme aabba

INTONATE
Recite with musical intonation; recite as a chant or a psalm; "The rabbi chanted a prayer"

HYMENEAL
A wedding hymn

FOLKSONG
A song that is traditionally sung by the common people of a region and forms part of their culture