songcraft
Syllables: song·craftUK/ˈsɒŋkɹɑːft/US/ˈsɔŋkɹæft/
songcraft noun: the practice or skill of crafting or composing songs.
Noun
songcraft (uncountable)
- The practice or skill of crafting or composing songs.
- The purpose of the anecdote is to show the bold recklessness of the warrior, who could amuse himself with his song-craft in the very face of the enemy.1846, Thomas Wright, “Essay III. The Chansons de Geste, or Historical Romances of the Middle Ages”, in Essays on Subjects Connected with the Literature, Popular Superstitions, and History of England...
- Pause by some neglected graveyard, / For a while to muse, and ponder / On a half-effaced inscription, / Written with little skill of song-craft, / Homely phrases, but each letter / Full of hope, and yet of heart-break, / Full of all the tender pathos / Of the Here and Hereafter;— / Stay and read...1855, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, The Song of Hiawatha, Boston, Mass.: Ticknor and Fields, →OCLC, pages 8–9
Forms of songcraft
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Origin of songcraft
From song + -craft, sometimes after Old English sangcræft (“singing, poetry; music”).
Questions about songcraft
- What does songcraft mean?
- Songcraft means the practice or skill of crafting or composing songs.
- What part of speech is songcraft?
- Songcraft is a noun.
- How do you pronounce songcraft?
- Songcraft is pronounced /ˈsɒŋkɹɑːft/ (UK).
Words near songcraft in the dictionary
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