folk music

Noun
  1. The traditional and typically anonymous music that is an expression of the life of people in a community (synset 107074207)
    is a type of: popular music, popular music genre - any genre of music having wide appeal (but usually only for a short time)
    subtypes:
    • folk ballad, folk song, folksong - a song that is traditionally sung by the common people of a region and forms part of their culture
    • schottische - music performed for dancing the schottische
    • c and w, country and western, country music - a simple style of folk music heard mostly in the southern United States; usually played on stringed instruments
    • gospel, gospel singing - folk music consisting of a genre of a cappella music originating with Black slaves in the United States and featuring call and response; influential on the development of other genres of popular music (especially soul)
    • square-dance music - music performed for square dancing
    same as: ethnic music, folk

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