Folk music | Wikipedia audio article
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Date: 27/06/2019

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00:01:27 1 Traditional folk music
00:01:37 1.1 Definitions
00:04:59 1.1.1 Characteristics
00:07:40 1.1.2 Terminology
00:07:49 1.1.2.1 Tune
00:08:27 1.2 Origins
00:12:20 1.3 Subject matter
00:14:56 1.4 Folk song transformations and variations
00:18:12 1.5 Regional forms
00:19:19 1.6 Early folk music, fieldwork and scholarship
00:19:43 1.6.1 19th-century Europe
00:22:20 1.6.2 North America
00:29:49 1.7 National and regional forms
00:29:59 1.7.1 Africa
00:30:44 1.7.2 Asia
00:31:25 1.7.2.1 Folk music of China
00:33:57 1.7.2.2 Traditional folk music of Sri Lanka
00:39:43 1.7.3 Australia
00:42:08 1.7.4 Europe
00:42:16 1.7.4.1 Celtic traditional music
00:44:23 1.7.4.2 Central and Eastern Europe
00:47:24 1.7.4.3 Balkan music
00:48:15 1.7.4.4 Nordic folk music
00:50:14 1.7.5 Latin and South America
00:53:51 1.7.6 North America
00:53:59 1.7.6.1 Canada
00:58:35 1.7.6.2 United States
01:06:32 2 Folk music revivals
01:09:28 2.1 First British folk revival
01:10:08 3 Contemporary folk music
01:10:18 4 Festivals
01:13:36 5 See also



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Folk music includes traditional folk music and the genre that evolved from it during the 20th-century folk revival. Some types of folk music may be called world music. Traditional folk music has been defined in several ways: as music transmitted orally, music with unknown composers, or music performed by custom over a long period of time. It has been contrasted with commercial and classical styles. The term originated in the 19th century, but folk music extends beyond that.
Starting in the mid-20th century, a new form of popular folk music evolved from traditional folk music. This process and period is called the (second) folk revival and reached a zenith in the 1960s. This form of music is sometimes called contemporary folk music or folk revival music to distinguish it from earlier folk forms.  Smaller, similar revivals have occurred elsewhere in the world at other times, but the term folk music has typically not been applied to the new music created during those revivals. This type of folk music also includes fusion genres such as folk rock, folk metal, and others. While contemporary folk music is a genre generally distinct from traditional folk music, in U.S. English it shares the same name, and it often shares the same performers and venues as traditional folk music.