Below you will find example sentences with "traditional folk". The examples show how this phrase is used in natural context and which words often surround it.
Traditional Folk in a sentence
Corpus data
- Displayed example sentences: 20
- Discovered as a combination around: folk
- Corpus frequency in the collocation scan: 12
- Phrase length: 2 words
- Average sentence length: 23.1 words
Sentence profile
- Phrase position: 6 start, 7 middle, 7 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis
- The phrase "traditional folk" has 2 words and usually appears in the middle in these examples. The average sentence has 23.1 words and is mostly made up of statements.
- Around this phrase, patterns and context words such as array of traditional folk roots americana, as the traditional folk duo, music, contemporary and genre stand out.
- In the phrase index, this combination connects with folk music, folk festival, traditional rulers, folk festival, folk song and folk dance, linking the page to nearby combinations.
Example types with traditional folk
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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)
It is a very old traditional folk song which has been recreated in a modern way. (16 words)
These explored contemporary pop, traditional folk and Celtic themes (“When we Scottish people hear the bagpipes, the hackles rise on the back of our necks…”), culminating in 2020’s Weltschmerz, German for “world-weariness”. (34 words)
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. (33 words)
Outside the building, the traditional folk song could be heard as hundreds more Edmontonians stood in the teeth-chattering cold to look up at the city’s cenotaph, guarded by four armed soldiers. (33 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.
Traditional folk music infobox Definitions A consistent definition of traditional folk music is elusive.
Balkan region Albanian polyphonic folk group wearing qeleshe and fustanella in Skrapar Polyphonic singing in the Balkans is traditional folk singing of this part of southern Europe.
Folk backlash In the mid 1990s, however, many artists returned to the original, traditional folk beats away from Bhangra music, often incorporating more dhol drum beats and tumbi.
Starting in the mid-20th century a new form of popular folk music evolved from traditional folk music.
The Bayanihan Philippine National Folk Dance Company has been lauded for preserving many of the various traditional folk dances found throughout the Philippines.
The English term " folklore ", to describe traditional folk music and dance, entered the vocabulary of many continental European nations, each of which had its folk-song collectors and revivalists.
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.
It is a very old traditional folk song which has been recreated in a modern way.
Escalante does a great job of quickly establishing the mindset of Guanajuato’s more traditional folk.
Her sound draws on traditional folk music with finger-picked guitars and narrative lyricism—the kinds of songs you'd expect to be passed down through generations.
Outside the building, the traditional folk song could be heard as hundreds more Edmontonians stood in the teeth-chattering cold to look up at the city’s cenotaph, guarded by four armed soldiers.
These explored contemporary pop, traditional folk and Celtic themes (“When we Scottish people hear the bagpipes, the hackles rise on the back of our necks…”), culminating in 2020’s Weltschmerz, German for “world-weariness”.
Few musicians here have been so highly regarded, and for as long, as the traditional folk duo.
The president and Modi shared a hug before strolling down the red carpet lined with traditional folk dancers.
This year’s programme promises a dazzling array of traditional folk, roots, Americana, jazz, soul and world music – and Alasdair, Hannah and Sorren will be right at the heart of it.
L.A.'s Department of Cultural Affairs presents an afternoon of good music and vibes with local bands, traditional folk dance, drummers and DJs.
Everything from traditional folk and bluegrass to more contemporary stuff, like Neil Young and Lucinda Williams.
Their style is unique, melding the theory and techniques of classical music with traditional folk styles.