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| Word | Syllables | Categories |
|---|---|---|
| requiem | /xx | Noun |
| lament | x/ | Noun, Noun |
| mournful | /x | Adjective |
| elegy | /xx | Noun |
| ballad | /x | Noun |
| lugubrious | x/xx | Adjective |
| lamentation | xx/x | Noun |
| hymn | / | Noun |
| ditty | /x | Noun |
| lullaby | /xx | Noun |
| elegiac | /xxx | Noun |
| anthem | /x | Noun |
| doleful | /x | Adjective |
| funereal | x/xx | Adjective |
| paean | /x | Noun |
| melancholy | /xxx | Noun, Adjective |
| melody | /xx | Noun |
| keening | /x | Noun |
| chorus | /x | Noun |
| coda | /x | Noun |
| droning | /x | Noun |
| plaintive | /x | Adjective |
| somber | /x | Adjective |
| morose | x/ | Adjective |
| eulogy | /xx | Noun |
| maudlin | /x | Noun |
| sombre | /x | Adjective |
| melancholic | xx/x | Adjective |
| sorrowful | /xx | Adjective |
| riff | / | Noun |
| doom | / | Noun |
| lilting | /x | Noun |
| drumbeat | /x | Noun |
| melancholia | /xxx | Noun |
| melodic | x/x | Adjective |
| plodding | /x | Verb |
| singsong | /x | Noun |
| interlude | /xx | Noun |
| chant | / | Noun, Verb |
| knell | / | Noun |
| solemn | /x | Adjective |
| staccato | x/x | Noun |
| waltz | / | Noun |
| dead march | // | Name, Name |
| madrigal | /xx | Noun |
| death march | // | Name, Name |
| lyric | /x | Noun |
| legend | /x | Noun |
| dump | / | Noun |
| lied | / | Verb |
| duet | x/ | Noun |
| recitation | xx/x | Noun |
| strain | / | Noun |
| processional | x/xx | Noun |
| carol | /x | Name |
| lyre | / | Noun |
| tune | / | Noun |
| folk song | // | Phrase, Noun |
| antiphon | /xx | Noun |
| nocturne | x/ | Noun |
| fugue | / | Noun |
| canto | /x | Noun |
| wedding march | /x/ | Name, Name |
| burden | /x | Noun |
| songbook | /x | Noun |
| serenade | xx/ | Noun |
| music | /x | Noun |
| fading | /x | Noun |
| measure | /x | Noun |
| verse | / | Noun |
| ground | / | Noun |
| slow | / | Adjective |
| stave | / | Noun |
| vocal | /x | Adjective |
| idyll | /x | Noun |
| long | / | Adjective |
| dance | / | Noun |
| ragtime | /x | Noun |
| tone | / | Noun |
| sequence | /x | Noun |
| rhapsody | /xx | Noun |
| cadence | /x | Noun |
| minstrel | /x | Noun |
| tango | /x | Noun |
| reverberates | x/xx | Verb |
| funeral | /xx | Adjective |
| akan | x/ | Adjective |
| tolled | / | Verb |
| sunrise | /x | Noun |
| sung | / | Verb |
| veterans | /xx | Noun |
| maddened | /x | Verb |
| monotonous | x/xx | Adjective |
| ageless | /x | Adjective |
| bird | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| boisterous | /xx | Adjective |
| calypso | x/x | Noun, Verb |
| choir | /x | Noun, Verb |
| choral | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| deathless | /x | Adjective |
| flamenco | x/x | Noun, Verb |
| gong | / | Noun, Verb |
| gregorian | x/xx | Adjective, Name |
| harp | / | Noun, Verb |
| incantation | x//x | Noun |
| litany | /xx | Noun |
| moan | / | Noun, Verb |
| plaint | / | Noun |
| recitative | xxxx | Noun, Adjective |
| refrain | x/ | Verb, Noun |
| unaccompanied | xx/xx | Adjective |
| headlines | /x | Noun |
| idiomatic | xxx/x | Adjective, Noun |
| tell | / | Verb, Noun |
| expression | x/x | Noun |
| milestone | /x | Noun, Verb |
| maypole | /x | Noun, Verb |
| cloth | / | Noun |
| oh | / | Noun, Verb |
| pidgin | /x | Noun |
| girly | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| bundle | /x | Noun, Verb |
| literally | /xxx | Adverb |
| stovepipe | /x | Noun, Verb |
