Below you will find example sentences with "folk music". The examples show how this phrase is used in natural context and which words often surround it.
Folk Music in a sentence
Corpus data
- Displayed example sentences: 20
- Discovered as a combination around: music
- Corpus frequency in the collocation scan: 22
- Phrase length: 2 words
- Average sentence length: 27.6 words
Sentence profile
- Phrase position: 6 start, 13 middle, 1 end
- Sentence types: 19 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis
- The phrase "folk music" has 2 words and usually appears in the middle in these examples. The average sentence has 27.6 words and is mostly made up of statements.
- Around this phrase, patterns and context words such as and celtic folk music in particular, as traditional folk music, traditional, contemporary and festival stand out.
- In the phrase index, this combination connects with music awards, folk festival, music festival, apple music and classical music, linking the page to nearby combinations.
Example types with folk music
This selection groups the examples by length and sentence type, making usage of the full phrase easier to scan:
The Canmore Folk Music Festival is Alberta's longest running folk music festival. (13 words)
Traditional folk music infobox Definitions A consistent definition of traditional folk music is elusive. (14 words)
This completed a process to where "folk music" no longer meant only traditional folk music. (15 words)
If you’re into folk music in general and Celtic folk music in particular, you certainly won’t want to miss a Susanville appearance by international touring act Men of Worth at 7 p.m. Thursday, March 15 at Monsignor Moran Hall. (42 words)
Barbara Milewski suggests that Chopin's experience of Polish music came more from "urbanised" Warsaw versions than from folk music, and that attempts (by Jachimecki and others) to demonstrate genuine folk music in his works are without basis. (38 words)
Early folk music, fieldwork and scholarship Much of what is known about folk music, prior to the development of audio recording technology in the 19nth century, comes to us from fieldwork and writings of scholars, collectors and proponents. (38 words)
Regarding the incorporation of folk music into art music he said: The question is, what are the ways in which peasant music is taken over and becomes transmuted into modern music? (31 words)
Example sentences (20)
While contemporary folk music is a genre generally distinct from traditional folk music, in English it shares the same name, and it often shares the same performers and venues as traditional folk music.
Using folk instruments and hip-hop samples, along with relatively inexpensive folk vocals imported from Punjab, Punjabi folk music was able to cause the decline of Bhangra music.
Donaldson, 2011, p. 44-52 President Franklin Roosevelt was a fan of folk music, hosted folk concerts at the White House and often patronized folk festivals.
Barbara Milewski suggests that Chopin's experience of Polish music came more from "urbanised" Warsaw versions than from folk music, and that attempts (by Jachimecki and others) to demonstrate genuine folk music in his works are without basis.
The major goal of the band is to prove that folk music has a multi-layered soul and folk music's dynamism is very close to pop music's dynamism.
There are currently two types of minor key tunings, "natural minor" suitable for folk and contemporary music, and Latin American music, and the "harmonic minor" suitable for Japanese folk music.
Carnatic music has served as the foundation for most music in South India, including folk music, festival music and has also extended its influence to film music in the past 100–150 years or so.
Main styles of traditional music can be seen: Court music, folk music, music styles of smaller ethnic groups, and music influenced by genres outside the geographic region.
In honor of the Philadelphia Folksong Society’s 58th Folk Music Festival (this past weekend), I’d like to recommend two essential books fans of folk music might enjoy.
If you’re into folk music in general and Celtic folk music in particular, you certainly won’t want to miss a Susanville appearance by international touring act Men of Worth at 7 p.m. Thursday, March 15 at Monsignor Moran Hall.
A.L.Lloyd, Folk Song in England, Panther Arts, 1969 The International Folk Music Council definition allows that the term can also apply to music that, ".
Early folk music, fieldwork and scholarship Much of what is known about folk music, prior to the development of audio recording technology in the 19nth century, comes to us from fieldwork and writings of scholars, collectors and proponents.
Starting in the mid-20th century a new form of popular folk music evolved from traditional folk music.
The Canmore Folk Music Festival is Alberta's longest running folk music festival.
This completed a process to where "folk music" no longer meant only traditional folk music.
This includes evolution of this new genre from traditional folk music, essentially contemporary folk music except that that English genre term is not commonly applied to it.
Traditional folk music infobox Definitions A consistent definition of traditional folk music is elusive.
In the proliferation of popular music genres, some traditional folk music became also referred to "World music" or "Roots music".
Regarding the incorporation of folk music into art music he said: The question is, what are the ways in which peasant music is taken over and becomes transmuted into modern music?
His Seeger is a gentle but determined soul who has devoted his life to folk music who immediately notices Dylan’s talent and sees him as the conduit to make folk contemporary.