Ballad
Ballad noun - A short musical composition for the human voice often with instrumental accompaniment.
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Synonyms for Ballad
Songs and ballad are semantically related. In some cases you can replace term "Songs" with "Ballad", this nouns are similar.
Songs
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Rearrange the Song: The title track originally appeared as a bluesy ballad on Lou Reed; "Sad Song", "Oh Jim" and "Caroline Says II" are rewrites of (then) unreleased Velvet Underground songs.
Source: Music / Berlin -
Fake-Out Opening: His usual schtick is to have his songs start as a pleasant acoustic guitar ballad for the first verse before completely going off the rails by the chorus.
Source: Music / Stephen Lynch -
The Donald Fagen and Stevie Nicks songs were soft rock, the Journey song was a power ballad, the Devo song was New Wave, and everything else was regular rock.
Source: Western Animation / Heavy Metal
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