songs and dances transmitted orally through several generations before being recorded or notated
Folk music
Related Dictionary Terms
Barn dances
Shared keywords
barn dances are the product of the colonial United States of America. Early Americans recreated them from England's country d…
Ektar
Shared keywords
folk instrument used to provide a drone as well as simple rhythmic accompaniment to folk songs in the Indian subcontinent, on…
Folk elements
Shared keywords
introduction of folk melodies, rhythms or characteristic harmonic progressions into orchestral or chamber music
Grand staff
Shared keywords
the combination of a staff line notated in treble clef with one notated in bass clef
Honey songs
Shared keywords
campfire songs Central African Pygmies
Sound reinforcement
Shared keywords
Amplifying an instrument just enough so that it can be heard, without the audience being aware that it is being amplified
Suite de dances
Shared keywords
French
a set of dances
Tammorriata
Shared keywords
southern Italian traditional songs and dances