traditional music
Ancestral melodic forms
Traditional music is music passed down through generations within a community, typically learned by ear rather than from written scores.
It encompasses folk songs, ballads, dance tunes, and ceremonial music rooted in particular cultures or regions.
The term often contrasts with popular or classical music, emphasizing oral transmission and cultural continuity: She plays traditional music from the Appalachian region.
In Irish contexts, it's often shortened to trad: a trad session at the pub.
- fiddleAdjust restlessly; folk violin
- melodyPleasing sequence of notes
- drumStruck percussion cylinder
- pentatonicScale of five tones
- rhythmPatterned stress and silence
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- Latin traditionsfolk dances, religious festivals, regional festivals, street festivals, samba
- Bosnian musicfolk dances, love songs, mountain songs, epic songs, folk melody
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