folksinging
Traditional vocal performance
Folksinging is the performance of folk songs—traditional music passed down through communities, often with acoustic instruments like guitars and banjos.
The term also covers the folk revival style of the mid-20th century, when artists wrote new songs in traditional modes.
A folksinger performs this music: She spent her college years folksinging in coffeehouses.
Folk music social gathering
- singalongCommunal vocal session
- open-micUnscreened performance event
- folkiesTraditional music enthusiasts
- gatheringCollection of people meeting
campfire · coffeehouse · call-and-response · participatory · communal · workshop · round-robin
Recounting events aloud
- narrativeAccount of events
- versesLines of poetry
- lyricsWritten words for music
- lamentMournful expression of grief
tale · legend · chorus · refrain · balladeer · broadside · lullaby · tragic
Sweeping across guitar strings
- fingerstylePlucking strings directly
- unpluggedDisconnected from power
- guitarFretted stringed instrument
- banjoFretted drum-stringed instrument
dulcimer · autoharp · harmonica · concertina · resonance · tuning · capo · fretboard
Following long-held customs
- AppalachianEastern U.S. mountain region
- CelticOf Irish-Welsh descent
- GaelicCeltic linguistic tradition
- AndeanOf South America's mountains
spirituals · old-time · bluegrass · ceilidh · hoedown · ethnomusicology · archive · preservation
hootenanny
Folk music social gathering
- singalongCommunal vocal session
- open-micUnscreened performance event
- folkiesTraditional music enthusiasts
gathering · campfire · coffeehouse · call-and-response · participatory · communal · workshop · round-robin
storytelling
Recounting events aloud
lament · tale · legend · chorus · refrain · balladeer · broadside · lullaby · tragic · minstrelsy
strumming
Sweeping across guitar strings
- fingerstylePlucking strings directly
- unpluggedDisconnected from power
- guitarFretted stringed instrument
banjo · dulcimer · autoharp · harmonica · concertina · resonance · tuning · capo · fretboard · accompaniment
traditional
Following long-held customs
- AppalachianEastern U.S. mountain region
- CelticOf Irish-Welsh descent
- GaelicCeltic linguistic tradition
Andean · spirituals · old-time · bluegrass · ceilidh · hoedown · ethnomusicology · archive · preservation · regional
activism
Direct effort for reform
- antiwarOpposed to armed conflict
- solidarityUnity among allies
- dissentDisagreement with authority
union · movement · topical · broadside · anthem · rallying · resistance
folksingingheavy metal
Aggressive amplified rock genre
electronic music · stadium rock · hard rock · industrial music · EDM
folksingingsynthpop
Electronic keyboard-based music genre
opera · bel canto · computer-generated music · electronic dance music · art song
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