Air (music)
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For Bach's BWV 1068, see Orchestral Suites (Bach). For popular arrangements of BWV
1068, see Air on the G String. For the French musical duo, see Air (French band).
An air (Italian: aria; also ayr, ayre in French) is a song-like vocal or instrumental composition. The term can also be applied to the interchangeable melodies of folk songs and ballads. It is a variant of the musical song form often referred to (in opera, cantata and oratorio) as aria.