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Manuel is a passionate, driven, and techsavvy AV technician, artist and music composer with over ten years of experience, specializing in the captivating world of music and entertainment.

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Folk music is said to consist of melodies composed by ordinary men and women. Traditionally, a folk song is about the lives of common people and follows specific rhymes. There is evidence that for centuries, ordinary people have been singing melodies and playing instruments, but since many could not write anything down, the origins of many early folk melodies remain uncertain.

The majority of early folk songs are about significant events in the daily lives of ordinary people. These events include birth, love, weddings, deaths, and farming or harvesting. Many folk songs were sung during work, so they often relate to everyday work activities such as planting, weeding, reaping, milling, harvesting, and weaving. Some of the rhythms in this popular music follow the tempo of the work; for example, songs about weaving cloth have a similar beat to that of the loom.

Remarkably, songs that are several centuries old are still being sung today. At one point, folk music in Europe fell out of favor, but it experienced a revival in the 1960s, reaching a broader audience.

Many folk songs tell the history of the people who sang them, marking special events such as wars, natural disasters, epidemics, and coronations.

The term “folk music” is relatively modern. It originates from the term “folklore,” which was first used in 1846 by the writer William Thoms to describe “the traditions, customs, and superstitions of the uncultured classes.”

Much of the early folk music was passed down from generation to generation orally, as it could not be written down. In fact, many people in Europe were illiterate until at least the early 1900s. As a result, it is difficult to trace the origins of any specific song. Each country and community within that country has its own form of folk music, and the folk music genre continues to evolve. In the UK, over the past 50 years, Celtic folk, electric folk, punk folk, and folk rock have all emerged within the folk music genre. Consequently, the future of folk music is secure as it continues to change and reflect the everyday lives of different segments of society.

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