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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.… ...Read the rest.
“Where Did Folk Music Originate?”
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