Music Tropes

See also:
 * Albums Index
 * Composers
 * Music of Note
 * Musicians

""Music is a world within itself with a language we all understand...""

- Stevie Wonder, Sir Duke

Tropes found in music, songs and the listening experience.

Note that sub-genres are listed in their respective pages.

Genres

 * Alternative Rock
 * Arena Rock
 * Blues
 * Blues Rock
 * Boy Band
 * Britpop
 * Chanson
 * Christian Rock
 * Not Christian Rock
 * Christmas Songs
 * Chutney Music
 * Classical Music
 * Theme and Variations
 * Country Music
 * Country Rap
 * Electronic Music
 * Ambient
 * Filmi Music
 * Folk Music
 * Funk
 * Funk Metal
 * Funk Rock
 * Garage Rock
 * Girl Group
 * Glam Rock
 * Goth Rock
 * Grunge
 * Hard Rock
 * Heavy Metal
 * Black Metal
 * Death Metal
 * Technical Death Metal
 * Power Metal
 * Thrash Metal
 * Hip Hop
 * Instrumentals
 * Jazz
 * Big Band
 * Kraut Rock
 * New Wave
 * New Romantic
 * Opera
 * Pop
 * Baroque Pop
 * Dream Pop
 * Europop
 * J-Pop
 * K-Pop
 * Power Pop
 * Progressive Rock
 * Progressive Metal
 * Psychedelic Rock
 * Punk Rock
 * Hardcore Punk
 * Pop Punk
 * Riot Grrrl
 * Ska Punk
 * R and B
 * Contemporary R and B
 * Rap Rock
 * Punk Rap
 * Rap Metal
 * Reggae
 * Rock and Roll
 * Ska
 * Two Tone
 * Ska Punk
 * Soul
 * Neo Soul
 * Space Rock
 * Surf Rock
 * Techno
 * Hardcore Techno
 * Visual Kei
 * Voice Clip Song

Basic Tropes

 * Chord Progression
 * Common Meter
 * Common Time
 * Uncommon Time
 * Everything Has Rhythm
 * Improv
 * Harmony
 * Melody
 * Modulation
 * Pitch
 * Scales

Motifs

 * Main article: Mood Motif
 * Drone of Dread
 * Lonely Piano Piece
 * Ominous Music Box Tune
 * Playing the Heart Strings
 * Leitmotif
 * Mickey Mousing
 * Regional Riff
 * Songs of Solace
 * Standard Snippet
 * Variable Mix

Score and Soundtrack

 * Score and Music Tropes - for score and soundtrack in general.
 * Sound FX Tropes


 * Main article: Background Music
 * Background Music Override
 * Left the Background Music On
 * Autobots Rock Out
 * Awesome Music
 * Heartbeat Soundtrack
 * Insert Song
 * Public Domain Soundtrack
 * Soundtrack Dissonance
 * Theme Music Power-Up

Singing Tropes

 * Basso Profondo
 * Careful with That Axe
 * Glass-Shattering Sound
 * Harsh Vocals
 * Incredibly Long Note
 * Melismatic Vocals
 * Metal Scream
 * Motor Mouth
 * Nose Yodeling
 * One-Woman Wail
 * Perishing Alt Rock Voice
 * Recitation Handclasp
 * Scatting
 * Self-Backing Vocalist
 * Serenade Your Lover
 * Singing Voice Dissonance
 * Something Something Leonard Bernstein
 * Soprano and Gravel
 * Spoken Word in Music
 * Stutter Stop
 * Vocal Range Exceeded
 * Vocal Tag Team
 * Voice Types

Lyrics Tropes

 * AcCENT Upon the Wrong SylLABle
 * Album Title Drop
 * Title Track
 * Answer Song
 * Bawdy Song
 * Drunken Song
 * Dual-Meaning Chorus
 * Heavy Mithril
 * Horrible History Metal
 * Last Note Hilarity
 * List Song
 * Listing Cities
 * Days of the Week Song
 * Lyrical Cold Open
 * Lyrical Dissonance
 * Lyrical Tic
 * Lyric Swap
 * Mad Lib Metal Lyrics
 * Midword Rhyme
 * Misogyny Song and Misandry Song
 * Non-Appearing Title
 * Painful Rhyme
 * Rhyming with Itself
 * Setting-Off Song
 * Sequel Song
 * Singer Namedrop
 * Singing Simlish
 * Single-Stanza Song
 * Song of Song Titles
 * Spelling Song
 * Stock Rhymes
 * Subverted Rhyme Every Occasion
 * Title-Only Chorus

Subject Tropes

 * Age Progression Song
 * Alma Mater Song
 * Anti-Christmas Song
 * Boastful Rap
 * Comics Rule Everything Around Me
 * Dance Sensation
 * Educational Song
 * Exhort the Disc Jockey Song
 * Football Fight Song
 * Grief Song
 * Hail to the Thief
 * Heavy Meta
 * Hypocritical Singing
 * Let's Duet
 * Love Nostalgia Song
 * Money Song
 * Morality Ballad
 * Murder Ballad
 * Obligatory Bondage Song
 * Ode to Intoxication
 * Ode to Sobriety
 * Pep Talk Song
 * Protest Song
 * Religion Rant Song
 * Rockstar Song
 * Self-Demonstrating Song
 * Silly Love Songs
 * Anti-Love Song
 * Break Up Song
 * Follow Your Heart
 * Intercourse with You
 * Love Is a Drug
 * Obsession Song
 * Stuffy Old Songs About the Buttocks
 * Teenage Death Songs
 * This Is a Song
 * This Is Your Song
 * Train Song
 * Word Salad Lyrics

Musicals

 * Musical Number Index - main index of songs in Musicals.
 * Main article: The Musical
 * Angry Mob Song
 * Bad Girl Song
 * BSOD Song
 * Busby Berkeley Number
 * Climactic Music
 * Colorful Song
 * Counterpoint Duet
 * Crowd Song
 * Cut Song
 * Dark Reprise
 * Death Song
 * Distant Duet
 * The Eleven O'Clock Number
 * Fanfare
 * Final Love Duet
 * Gospel Revival Number
 * Hakuna Matata
 * Hey Lets Put On A Show
 * "I Am Becoming" Song
 * "I Am Great" Song
 * "I Am" Song
 * Image Song
 * Irrelevant Act Opener
 * The Item Number
 * "I Want" Song
 * Let's Duet
 * The Male Ingenue Must Be a Tenor
 * Massive Multiplayer Ensemble Number
 * Minor Character, Major Song
 * Movie Bonus Song
 * Musical Chores
 * Musical World Hypotheses
 * Musicalis Interruptus
 * No Reprise Please
 * No Song for the Wicked
 * Ondo
 * Opening Chorus
 * Patter Song
 * Reprise Medley
 * Rock Opera
 * Rock Opera Plot
 * Sanity Slippage Song
 * Sidekick Song
 * Silly Song
 * Solo Duet
 * "Somewhere" Song
 * The Song Before the Storm
 * Spontaneous Choreography
 * Sudden Musical Ending
 * Summon Backup Dancers
 * Superfluous Solo
 * Triumphant Reprise
 * Vampire Musicals
 * Villainous Lament
 * Villain Love Song
 * Villain Recruitment Song
 * Villain Song
 * "The Villain Sucks" Song
 * Wanderlust Song

Musician and Fan Tropes

 * All Drummers Are Animals
 * Anonymous Band
 * The Band Minus the Face
 * Band of Relatives
 * Blind Musician
 * British Rock Star
 * The Chanteuse
 * Creator Couple
 * Dumb and Drummer
 * Face of the Band
 * Fake Band
 * Lesser Star
 * Glamorous Wartime Singer
 * I Am the Band
 * Idol Singer
 * Impractical Musical Instrument Skills
 * Juggalo
 * Lead Bassist
 * Little Boy Blue Note
 * Long Runner Lineup
 * Lounge Lizard
 * Magic Idol Singer
 * Metalhead
 * Nobody Loves the Bassist
 * No-Hit Wonder
 * One-Hit Wonder
 * The Quincy Punk
 * Revolving Door Band
 * Robot or Spaceman Alter Ego
 * The Rock Star
 * Rock Trio
 * Sexy Sax Man
 * Singer Songwriter
 * Stage Names
 * Street Musician
 * One-Man Band
 * Organ Grinder
 * Supergroup
 * Tenor Boy
 * Trash Can Band
 * Wandering Minstrel
 * Yoko Oh No

Tropes

 * Air Guitar
 * Album Filler
 * All Guitars Are Stratocasters
 * Amen Break
 * Audience Participation Song
 * Award Bait Song
 * Ballad of X
 * Band Toon
 * Banging Pots and Pans
 * Battle of the Bands
 * Big Rock Ending
 * Black Sheep Hit
 * Bo Diddley Beat
 * Bolero Effect
 * Breakaway Pop Hit
 * Breakup Breakout
 * B Side
 * Call-and-Response Song
 * Car Song
 * Charity Motivation Song
 * Chronological Album Title
 * Chorus-Only Song
 * Colonel Bogey March
 * Concept Album
 * Cover Version
 * Cover Album
 * The Cover Changes the Gender
 * The Cover Changes the Meaning
 * Covered Up
 * First and Foremost
 * Translated Cover Version
 * Dancing Is Serious Business
 * Dead Horse Genre
 * Disco Tech
 * Dramatic Timpani
 * Dreadful Musician
 * Drum Roll, Please
 * Duet Bonding
 * Ear Worm
 * Epic Instrumental Opener
 * Epic Riff
 * Epic Rocking
 * Everything Dances
 * Everything Is an Instrument
 * Evolving Music
 * Fake Radio Show Album
 * Falling Bass
 * Filk Song
 * The Four Chords of Pop
 * Four More Measures
 * Girl Group
 * "God Is Love" Songs
 * A Good Name for a Rock Band
 * "Grand Theft Auto" Effect
 * Gratuitous Disco Sequence
 * Gratuitous Rap
 * Greatest Hits Album
 * Harp of Femininity
 * Heävy Mëtal Ümlaut
 * Hell Is That Noise
 * Hey, Let's Put on a Show
 * Hidden Track
 * Hitless Hit Album
 * Iconic Song Request
 * Idiosyncratic Album Theming
 * Incessant Music Madness
 * Incredibly Long Note
 * Indecipherable Lyrics
 * Instrumental Weapon
 * Instrument of Murder
 * In the Style Of
 * Isn't It Ironic?
 * ISophagus
 * Jungle Drums
 * Kayfabe Music
 * Kids Rock
 * Last Chorus Slow-Down
 * Last-Note Nightmare
 * Lead Bassist
 * Looped Lyrics
 * Loud of War
 * Lyrical Shoehorn
 * Magic Music
 * Magical Flutist
 * Mating Dance
 * Medley
 * Miniscule Rocking
 * Minsky Pickup
 * Misattributed Song
 * Mohs Scale of Lyrical Hardness
 * Mohs Scale of Rock and Metal Hardness
 * Mondegreen
 * Musical Assassin
 * Music At Sporting Events
 * Music for Courage
 * Music Soothes the Savage Beast
 * Music Stories
 * Music to Invade Poland To
 * Myspeld Rokband
 * Neoclassical Punk Zydeco Rockabilly
 * New Sound Album
 * Nobody Loves the Bassist
 * No Export for You
 * Not Christian Rock
 * One-Woman Song
 * Pachelbel's Canon Progression
 * Piano Key Wave
 * Piss-Take Rap
 * Playground Song
 * Power Ballad
 * The Power of Rock
 * Quieter Than Silence
 * Raised-Lighter Tribute
 * Rated "G" for Gangsta
 * Rearrange the Song
 * Recycled Lyrics
 * Refrain From Assuming
 * Repurposed Pop Song
 * Rerelease the Song
 * Revival by Commercialization
 * Rewritten Pop Version
 * Rhythm Typewriter
 * Rock Me, Asmodeus
 * Rockers Smash Guitars
 * Rockumentary
 * Rooftop Concert
 * Scary Musician, Harmless Music
 * Second Verse Curse
 * Self-Titled Album
 * Senseless Violins
 * Sex, Drugs and Rock and Roll
 * Sexophone
 * Signature Song
 * Sirens Are Mermaids: And sing!
 * Something Blues
 * The Something Song
 * Song of Courage
 * Song Parody
 * The Song Remains the Same
 * Songs in the Key of Lock
 * Song Style Shift
 * Sound Off
 * Sound Stone
 * Step Up to the Microphone
 * Stop and Go
 * Subdued Section
 * Surprisingly Gentle Song
 * Suspiciously Similar Song
 * Talent Show Version
 * Textless Album Cover
 * Theremin
 * Three Chords and the Truth
 * Truck Driver's Gear Change
 * They Stole Our Act
 * Tick Tock Tune
 * To the Tune Of
 * The Walrus Was Paul
 * Wasted Song
 * What Song Was This Again?
 * A Wild Rapper Appears during many Pop songs.
 * Xenophone
 * Xylophone Gag

Production Tropes

 * Auto-Tune
 * Distinct Double Album
 * Echoing Acoustics
 * Fading Into the Next Song
 * Fade Out
 * Fake Loud
 * Fake-Out Fade-Out
 * Gratuitous Panning
 * Loudness War
 * Pop Star Composer
 * Record Producer
 * Remaster
 * The Not-Remix
 * Rock Me, Amadeus
 * Sampled Up
 * Sampling
 * Siamese Twin Songs
 * Album Single
 * Studio Chatter
 * Unplugged Version
 * Waxing Lyrical