Standard (music)
WELL-KNOWN MUSICAL COMPOSITION, CONSIDERED PART OF THE "STANDARD REPERTOIRE" OF ONE OR MORE MUSICAL GENRES
Rock standard; Standard (song); Standard song; Standard repertoire
In music, a standard is a musical composition of established popularity, considered part of the "standard repertoire" of one or several genres. Even though the standard repertoire of a given genre consists of a dynamic and partly subjective set of songs, these can be identified by having been performed or recorded by a variety of musical acts, often with different arrangements.