folk music

One meaning often given is that of "old songs, with no known composers," another is that of music that has been submitted to an evolutionary "process of oral transmission.... the fashioning and re-fashioning of the music by the community that give it its folk character."

Folk Alley

• This Land is Your Land. Woody Guthrie. 02:19.
• Blowin' in the Wind. Bob Dylan. 02:45.
• City of New Orleans. Steve Goodman. 03:50.
• If I Had a Hammer (Hammer Song) Pete Seeger. 01:56.
• Where Have All The Flowers Gone? - Remastered.
• Early Morning Rain. Gordon Lightfoot.
• Suzanne. Leonard Cohen.
• We Shall Overcome. Pete Seeger.

a song originating among the people of a country or area, passed by oral tradition from one singer or generation to the next, often existing in several versions, and marked generally by simple, modal melody and stanzaic, narrative verse.

A folk song is a song that was transmitted orally, usually with an unknown composer, or a song that is influenced by that type of traditional song. Music “transmitted orally” means that it was never written down. The people who composed the songs weren't trained in music.

Traditionally, a piece of folk music should have some or all of these characteristics:

1. It's transmitted (passed from one user to the next) orally, rather than via a written score.
2. The original composer is often unknown – instead the tune and/or words spread organically.
3. The music is played on traditional instruments.

Connects People. Music is about connecting people in every sense. Folk tunes create a bridge between people that otherwise might not exist. It helps establish connections between generations and to others within our community, bringing them together with a shared history and purpose.

The 5 Filipino folk songs in this material are:

• Bahay Kubo.
• Leron, Leron Sinta.
• Sampung mga Daliri.
• Sitsiritsit.
• Magtanim ay 'Di Biro.

In many cultures, pop music has largely replaced folk music as the music that everyone knows. Unlike folk music, it has usually been written recently and belongs to professional musicians, and new popular tunes quickly replace old ones. Even the types of music that are considered popular can change quickly.

Folk songs are important to music because they give a short history of the people involved in the music. Folk songs often pass important information from generation to generation as well. Folk songs tell stories of life forgotten or on the verge of disappearing.

Folk music is not only a traditional culture, but also contains many values in ethnology, folklore, cultural studies, human progress, and artistic esthetics. And by virtue of its regional characteristics and musical rhythm close to the soul, it plays a crucial role in people's physical and mental health development.

What is folk music?

1. It's transmitted (passed from one user to the next) orally, rather than via a written score.
2. The original composer is often unknown – instead the tune and/or words spread organically.
3. The music is played on traditional instruments.
4. It may have themes of cultural or national identity.

1) Narrative Ballads (Story Songs) - tells a story; 2) Lyric Songs - not narrative, but include love, ceremonial, folk hymns, songs on farming and rural life, etc. ; 3) Work Songs - railroad songs, lumbermen's songs, sea chanties; 4) Children's Songs - lullabies, camp songs, game songs; 5) Protest Songs - encouraged ...