folk hymn
Congregational traditional song
A folk hymn is a religious song that draws on traditional folk melodies or folk song structures rather than formal church music.
These hymns typically feature simple, memorable tunes that spread through oral tradition in rural communities, particularly in early American religious settings: The shape-note singing tradition preserved many old folk hymns.
The term distinguishes these songs from hymns composed in classical European styles.
- spiritualRelating to the soul
- gospelSacred choral tradition
- Amazing GraceHymn about divine mercy
- revivalReturn after decline
- camp meetingOutdoor religious assembly
congregation · church pew · pew · harmony · call and response · fiddle · Appalachian · mountain music · sacred · chapel · singing · traditional · rural · praise · melody · verse · chorus · gathering
- choral musicchoral music, choral works, choral arrangements, choral arrangement, choir arrangements
- folk songstraditional songs, work songs, lullaby, love songs, shanty
- shape-note singingshape-note singing, tunebook, fa, sol, la
- sacred musicanthem, anthems, gospel, carols, carol
folk hymnGregorian chant
Monophonic Catholic liturgical music
plainsong · art song · oratorio · requiem mass · plainchant
folk hymndrinking song
Music for toasting together
work song · love ballad · dance tune · sea shanty · protest song
folk, hymn, folks, folksy, folky, folkish, folklore, folksong, folktale