Literary or artistic form; agreement with the laws of form. Obsolete.

Character, style, or spirit (of a musical or literary composition, etc.). Obsolete.

Heaviness or tenderness of mood or feeling; emotional weariness or lowness of spirits, caused by sorrow, lovesickness, etc. Also: an instance of this.

gen. Delicacy, softness, esp. in musical performance; sensibility, smoothness. Also occasionally with negative connotation: unwholesomeness…

Popular music. Also as a count noun: a popular song or piece of music.

colloquial. Vitality, animation, energy, dynamism, dash; (of music, etc.) rhythmicality, brightness, ‘swing’.

Music. Monody; homophony; unison.

Music (originally U.S.). Melody, tone, mood, etc., that is characteristic of the blues (see blues, n. 2); an instance of this.

The quality or condition of being linear; a linear arrangement or formation.

With reference to music or its performance: the quality of being funky; the fact of being in a funk style. Also: unconventional or quirky…

The quality of being spiky or sharp-pointed.