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The Folk Music genre is commonly regarded as a collection of melodies created by ordinary people. Typically, folk songs revolve around the lives of common individuals and adhere to specific rhymes. However, due to the lack of written documentation, the origins of many early folk tunes remain uncertain.
A significant number of early folk melodies focus on important events in the daily lives of ordinary people. These events encompass birth, love, weddings, deaths, and agricultural activities. Many folk songs were sung while engaging in work, often depicting mundane tasks such as planting, weeding, reaping, milling, harvesting, and weaving. The rhythms of this music often mirror the pace of the associated work. For instance, melodies about weaving cloth follow a similar beat to that of a weaving loom.
Interestingly, songs that are several decades old continue to be sung today. At one point, folk music in Europe fell out of fashion, but fortunately, it experienced a revival in the 1960s, reaching a wider audience.
Many folk songs narrate the history of the people who sang them, chronicling events such as wars, natural disasters, epidemics, and coronations.
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“Where Did Folk Music Originate?”
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