mountain ballads
Appalachian folk tunes
Mountain ballads are traditional folk songs from Appalachian and other mountainous regions, typically telling stories of love, tragedy, murder, or frontier life.
The form preserves older British and Irish ballad traditions, passed down orally through generations: She learned the old mountain ballads from her grandmother.
The songs often feature sparse instrumentation—fiddle, banjo, dulcimer—and haunting modal melodies.
- love storiesNarratives about romantic attachment
- old-time musicAppalachian string band folk
- AppalachiaEastern U.S. mountain region
- Scottish HighlandsMountainous northern Britain
- oral storytellingTransmitting tales aloud
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