Origin of the song In music, a song is a composition for voice or voices, performed by singing.

A song may be accompanied by musical instruments, or it may be unaccompanied, as in the case of a cappella songs. The lyrics (words) of songs are typically of a poetic, rhyming nature, though they may be religious verses or free prose. A song may be for a solo singer, a duet, trio, or larger ensemble involving more voices. Songs with more than one voice to a part are considered choral works. Songs can be broadly divided into many different forms, depending on the criteria used. ne division is between !art songs!, !pop songs!, and !folk songs!. ther common methods of classification are by purpose (sacred vs. secular), by style (dance, ballad, "ied, etc.), or by time of origin (#enaissance, $ontemporary, etc.). A song is a piece of music for accompanied or unaccompanied voice or voices or, !the act or art of singing,! but the term is generally not used for large vocal forms including opera and oratorio.%&' (owever, the term is, !often found in various figurative and transferred senses (e.g. for the lyrical second sub)ect of a sonata...).! The noun !song! has the same etymological root as the verb !to sing! and the Oxford English Dictionary (OED) defines the word to mean !that which is sung! or !a musical composition suggestive of song.! The *+ also defines the word to mean !a poem! or !the musical phrases uttered by some birds, whales, and insects, typically forming a recogni,able and repeated se-uence and used chiefly for territorial defense or for attracting mates.! Prehistoric music (previously called primitive music) is a term in the history of music for all music produced in preliterate cultures (prehistory), beginning somewhere in very late geological history. .rehistoric music is followed by ancient music in different parts of the world, but still e/ists in isolated areas. .rehistoric music thus technically includes all of the world0s music that has e/isted before the advent of any currently1e/tant historical sources concerning that music, for e/ample, traditional 2ative American music of preliterate tribes and Australian Aboriginal music. (owever, it is more

common to refer to the prehistoric! music which still survives as folk, indigenous or traditional music. .rehistoric music is studied alongside other periods within 3usic Archaeology. .rehistoric! music which still survives as folk, indigenous or traditional music. .rehistoric music is studied alongside other periods within 3usic Archaeology. Origin of the dance Dance is an art form that generally refers to movement of the body, usually rhythmic and to music, prehistoric! music which still survives as folk, indigenous or traditional music. .rehistoric music is studied alongside other periods within 3usic Archaeology. used as a form of e/pression, social interaction or presented in a spiritual or performance setting. +ance may also be regarded as a form of nonverbal communication between humans, and is also performed by other animals (bee dance, patterns of behavior such as a mating dance). 4ymnastics, figure skating and synchroni,ed swimming are sports that incorporate dance, while martial arts kata are often compared to dances. 3otion in ordinarily inanimate ob)ects may also be described as dances (the leaves danced in the wind). +efinitions of what constitutes dance are dependent on social, cultural, aesthetic, artistic and moral constraints and range from functional movement (such as folk dance) to virtuoso techni-ues such as ballet. +ance can be participatory, social or performed for an audience. It can also be ceremonial, competitive or erotic. +ance movements may be without significance in them, such as in ballet or *uropean folk dance, or have a gestural vocabulary5symbolic system as in many Asian dances. +ance can embody or e/press ideas, emotions or tell a story. +ancing has evolved many styles. 6reak dancing and 7rumping are related to the hip hop culture. African dance is interpretative. 6allet, 6allroom,

8alt,, and Tango are classical styles of dance while S-uare +ance and the *lectric Slide are forms of step dances. *very dance, no matter what style, has something in common. It not only involves fle/ibility and body movement, but also physics. If the proper physics are not taken into consideration, in)uries may occur. $horeography is the art of creating dances. The person who creates (i.e., choreographs) a dance is known as the choreographer.