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| Word | Syllables | Categories |
|---|---|---|
| upbeat | /x | Adjective, Adjective |
| glum | / | Noun |
| lugubrious | x/xx | Adjective |
| gloomy | /x | Adjective |
| somber | /x | Adjective |
| dour | /x | Noun |
| morose | x/ | Adjective |
| sombre | /x | Adjective |
| mournful | /x | Adjective |
| pessimistic | xx/x | Adjective |
| bleak | / | Adjective |
| grim | / | Adjective |
| melancholic | xx/x | Adjective |
| jazzy | /x | Name |
| doleful | /x | Adjective |
| sardonic | x/x | Adjective |
| depressing | x/x | Adjective |
| ebullient | x/x | Adjective |
| elegiac | /xxx | Noun |
| melancholy | /xxx | Noun |
| staccato | x/x | Noun |
| optimistic | xx/x | Adjective |
| melodramatic | xxx/x | Adjective |
| cheery | /x | Adjective |
| melodic | x/x | Adjective |
| fatalistic | xx/x | Adjective |
| sorrowful | /xx | Adjective |
| buoyant | /x | Adjective |
| dismal | /x | Adjective |
| jubilant | /xx | Adjective |
| maudlin | /x | Noun |
| nihilistic | /xxx | Adjective |
| tuneful | /x | Adjective |
| uplifting | /xx | Noun |
| syncopated | /xxx | Adjective |
| dispiriting | x/xx | Adjective |
| despairing | x/x | Noun |
| ominous | /xx | Adjective |
| dissonant | /xx | Adjective |
| soulful | /x | Adjective |
| depressive | x/x | Adjective |
| laconic | x/x | Adjective |
| offbeat | // | Noun |
| cheerless | /x | Adjective |
| portentous | x/x | Adjective |
| lighthearted | /xx | Adjective |
| rueful | /x | Adjective |
| beat | / | Noun |
| drumbeat | /x | Noun |
| tact | / | Noun |
| accent | x/ | Noun |
| close | / | Adjective |
| ground | / | Noun |
| continuo | x/x | Noun |
| attack | x/ | Noun |
| beam | / | Noun |
| underscore | xx/ | Verb |
| abbreviation | xxx/x | Noun |
| baton | x/ | Noun |
| basso | /x | Noun |
| minim | /x | Noun |
| beater | /x | Noun |
| breve | / | Noun |
| retard | x/ | Verb |
| minor key | /x/ | Phrase, Noun |
| tempo | /x | Noun |
| bass | / | Noun |
| stab | / | Noun |
| pulse | / | Noun |
| bebop | /x | Noun |
| battery | /xx | Noun |
| syncopation | /xxx | Noun |
| groove | / | Noun |
| slow | / | Adjective |
| line | / | Noun |
| incipit | x/x | Noun |
| drop | / | Noun |
| rhythm | /x | Noun |
| predominant | x/xx | Adjective |
| gravity | /xx | Noun |
| thesis | /x | Noun |
| score | / | Noun |
| tonic | /x | Noun |
| fine | / | Adjective |
| dead march | // | Name, Name |
| tail | / | Noun |
| metronome | /x/ | Noun |
| kick | / | Noun |
| chord | / | Noun |
| bar | / | Noun |
| measure | /x | Noun |
| anticipation | xxx/x | Noun |
| wings | / | Noun |
| ending | /x | Verb, Noun |
| structural | /xx | Adjective |
| preceding | x/x | Verb |
| falls | / | Verb |
| begins | x/ | Verb |
| strong | / | Adjective |
| gave | / | Verb |
| next | / | Adjective |
| occurs | x/ | Verb |
| following | /xx | Verb |
| first | / | Adjective |
| initial | x/x | Adjective |
| final | /x | Adjective |
| last | / | Adjective |
| second | /x | Adjective |
| more | / | Adjective |
| nystagmus | /xx | Noun |
| mood | / | Noun |
| note | / | Noun |
| tone | / | Noun |
| conclusion | x/x | Noun |
| assessment | x/x | Noun |
| story | /x | Noun |
| view | / | Noun |
| blast | / | Noun, Verb |
| blow | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| bout | / | Noun, Verb |
| clap | / | Noun, Verb |
| edgy | /x | Adjective |
| farcical | /xx | Adjective |
| folksy | /x | Adjective |
| kill | / | Verb, Noun |
| lunge | / | Noun, Verb |
| moralistic | xx/x | Adjective |
| pick | / | Verb, Noun |
| plea | / | Noun, Verb |
| plunge | / | Verb, Noun |
| push | / | Verb, Noun |
| sad | / | Adjective, Verb, Noun |
| sentimental | xx/x | Adjective |
| softer | /x | Adjective |
| soliloquy | x/xx | Noun, Verb |
| sortie | /x | Noun, Verb |
| stanzas | /x | Noun |
| surreal | x/ | Adjective, Noun |
| surrealistic | xx/x | Adjective |
| swing | / | Noun, Verb |
| syllable | /xx | Noun, Verb |
| upswing | x/ | Noun, Verb |
| pidgin | /x | Noun |
| bundle | /x | Noun, Verb |
| bog | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| headlines | /x | Noun |
| aisle | / | Noun |
| milestone | /x | Noun, Verb |
| stonewall | /x | Name, Verb, Adjective |
| tell | / | Verb, Noun |
| closet | /x | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| stovepipe | /x | Noun, Verb |
| butt | / | Noun, Verb |
| gloss | / | Noun, Verb |
