The music4dance system defines five different categories of tags and two kinds of objects that can be tagged.
The objects that can be tagged are songs and the intersection of song and dance style (as in the dance style tag with vote count that you see on the songs).

Dance Style
The Dance style that the song has been tagged with. This tag is special in a number of ways.
- Each of these tags has an associated dance details page that contains a description of the dance style, a top ten list, and tempo information.
- The dance tag for a song can be tagged. For instance, the “West Coast Swing” tag on a specific song might have a tempo tag of “Fast” while the “East Coast Swing” tag on the same song could at the same time have a tempo tag of “Slow”
- There is a “badge” on the tag that shows the net number of votes for that dance style in the song.
- Filtering of dance tags works differently from filtering of other tags.
- This tag is only available on songs and is created by voting for the dance style rather than explicitly adding the tag.

Genre
The musical genre(s) that this song has been tagged with. This tag is only available on songs.

Tempo
Tempo modifier tags. Examples of tempo tags on a song include “consistent”, “inconsistent”, and “weak beat” or a meter like “4/4”. Examples of tempo tags specific to the dance style for a song are “strict”, “fast”, “double-time”, “half-time”, and “slow”.

Style
Tags specific to a dance style (aside from tempo). Examples of this type of tag are “modern”, “traditional,” and “unconventional,” as well as refinements to the dance style such as “International” or “American.” This tag is only available on the dance style.

Other
Anything else one would tag to describe a song or dance style that doesn’t fall into the other, more specific categories.
See the Tag Filtering page for a detailed description of how to use both kinds of tags to explore the catalog of songs.
Are you interested in adding your own tags? All you have to do is create an account and start tagging.
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