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Folk music is a music genre that includes traditional folk music and the contemporary genre that evolved from the former during the 20th-century folk revival. Some types of folk music may be called world music.
- American folk music
The term American folk music encompasses numerous music...
- English folk music
The folk music of England is a tradition-based music which...
- American folk music
Learn about folk music, a type of traditional and rural music that is passed down orally and associated with other activities. Explore the concept, characteristics, and examples of folk music from different cultures and periods.
Folk music is music that represents the tradition or culture of the area, place or state. It is traditional music that people learn by listening to other people playing it and then copying them.
Learn about folk music, the traditional songs and styles of a nation or ethnic group, and how it has influenced and been influenced by art music and popular culture. Explore the history, development, and examples of folk music from different regions and periods, as well as the biographies of notable folk musicians.
The forms of tunes. The typical folk song is strophic: the tune is repeated several times with successive stanzas of a poem. Tunes may have from two to eight lines, but most often there are four. The musical interrelationship among the lines is described as the form. Although many form types are used universally, each culture favours certain ones.
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