1. music created by African-American musicians; early forms were songs that had a melodic line and a strong rhythmic beat with repeated choruses; [syn: black music, African-American music]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
African-American music
n 1: music created by African-American musicians; early forms
were songs that had a melodic line and a strong rhythmic
beat with repeated choruses [syn: black music, African-
American music]