Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

folk music

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.20 in modern English

Syllables
folk -mu-sic
IPA
20
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any genre of music originating from the ethnic community of a specific region, often passed down through oral tradition, without recorded songwriters and possessing a clear purpose or social function.

Uncountable

noun

Any contemporary music in the style of traditional folk music, especially a specific genre of originally American popular music that draws on Anglo-American musical forms.

Uncountable

Usage

Subject

Wiktionary places this term in Music.

Inflected Forms

folk musics (plural)

Phrases

folk song

Frequently Paired Words

folk song

Synonyms

ethnic music folk

Questions

What does folk music mean?
Any genre of music originating from the ethnic community of a specific region, often passed down through oral tradition, without recorded songwriters and possessing a clear purpose or social function.

How to pronounce folk music

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