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chanteys

noun

variants or chanties or shanties

plural of chantey

as in ballads

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Those digital Mellotrons balanced against Wilson’s dry 2000s alt-rock production cast Åkerfeldt’s ballads into a searching, uncanny drift at the outskirts of the metal landscape.

— Sam Goldner, Pitchfork, 19 July 2026
His theory—that the poems must have been patched together much later from various ballads—was not universally accepted.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 17 July 2026

Definition of ballads

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In the streaming music world, having access to all your favorite tunes and ditties is integral.

— Gabriel Zamora, PC Magazine, 20 July 2026
But, as with effectively a new group needing to gel, time was always going to be required for heroes to emerge and inspire terrace chants to replace or supplement the ditties to ‘Super Paul Mullin’, ‘White Pele’ (Elliot Lee) et al.

— Richard Sutcliffe, New York Times, 6 May 2026

Definition of ditties

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There are no memorable choruses, hooky instrumentals passages, or spellbinding solos, all which have been a part of the band’s sonic identity, including on Life Is But a Dream… to an extent.

— Quentin Thane Singer, Forbes.com, 27 July 2026
Nighttime in the Okefenokee is filled with a wild cacophony — the choruses of pig frogs, hooting owls, crickets and sometimes the deep, nerve-jerking bellowing of bull alligators.

— Charles Seabrook, AJC.com, 25 July 2026

Definition of choruses

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The opera contains five arias, and Baby Doe sings three big duets all set to a uniquely American melodies.

— Libby Smith, CBS News, 14 July 2026
The machine’s repertoire included answers to 12 riddles, passages from books, and laughing, crying and kissing sounds, as well as arias sung in both male and female voices—all feats that Edison’s phonograph would one day be able to accomplish by recording and playing back the human voice.

— Ron Cowen, Scientific American, 3 June 2026

Definition of arias

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Delta musicians also often used call-and-response patterns, which were common in African music and were used in other blues styles and in African American sacred music, including spirituals.

— René Ostberg, Encyclopedia Britannica, 29 July 2026
Over his career, Sykes performed in venues around the world and across genres — opera, gospel, spirituals, show tunes, folk and pop — working with figures including Renée Fleming, Terence Blanchard, Carlos Santana, Julie Andrews and Brian Wilson.

— Jazmin Alvarado, Los Angeles Times, 23 July 2026

Definition of spirituals

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Compared with the blues styles of other Southern regions, Delta blues was distinguished by its emotional intensity, which was projected through the lyrics of the songs and underscored by the players’ often aggressive attack on the guitar strings.

— René Ostberg, Encyclopedia Britannica, 29 July 2026
Taupin famously writes the lyrics independently of John, who then takes the prose and puts it to music.

— Cathy Applefeld Olson, Forbes.com, 29 July 2026

Definition of lyrics

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Students from Rebel Song Academy, Harmony Project and Base Academy of Music will all take the stage, while Stars Out, a youth performance group, will perform songs connected to Kansas City musicians whose contributions are often overlooked.

— Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 31 July 2026
His songs have become part of the American soundtrack, turning up in movies, television, commercials and countless high school graduation videos.

— Jamie Graziano, Charlotte Observer, 31 July 2026

Definition of songs

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The Pisces Moon in your 7th House of Partnership opposes Venus in Virgo, making another person’s needs hard to ignore while your own standards get louder.

— Tarot.com, Chicago Tribune, 2 Aug. 2026
Meanwhile, the city will work on outreach to get vacant properties registered while putting together a guide explaining what the standards are for owners.

— Chris Higgins, Kansas City Star, 1 Aug. 2026

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