18 TermsHome > Terms > English, UK (UE) > Verse
Verse
In many older standard songs, an introductory section, often rubato, that leads up to the 'chorus' or main strain, which is the tune as generally recognized. Jazz players (and fakebooks) usually omit the verse, though singers like to use them.
This is auto-generated content. You can help to improve it.
0
0
Improve it
Other Languages:
Member comments
Terms in the News
Featured Terms
Industry/Domain: Energy Category: Hydroelectric
Three Gorges Dam
The Three Gorges Dam is currently the largest hydroelectric dam in the world. The water depth in the dam's 300 kilometre long reservoir along the ...
Contributor
Featured blossaries
Browers Terms By Category
- Industrial automation(1051)
Automation(1051) Terms
- General law(5868)
- Contracts(640)
- Patent & trademark(449)
- Legal(214)
- US law(77)
- European law(75)
Law(7373) Terms
- American culture(1308)
- Popular culture(211)
- General culture(150)
- People(80)
Culture(1749) Terms
- General art history(577)
- Visual arts(575)
- Renaissance(22)