folk music

a song that is traditionally sung by the common people of a region and forms part of their culture

music performed for dancing the schottische

a simple style of folk music heard mostly in the southern United States; usually played on stringed instruments

folk music consisting of a genre of a cappella music originating with Black slaves in the United States and featuring call and response; influential on the development of other genres of popular music (especially soul)

music performed for square dancing

a type of folksong that originated among Black Americans at the beginning of the 20th century; has a melancholy sound from repeated use of blue notes

a sad Portuguese folksong

a genre (usually a cappella) of Black vocal-harmony music of the 1950s that evolved in New York City from gospel singing; characterized by close four-part harmonies; the name derived from some of the nonsense syllables sung by the backup

a secular form of gospel that was a major Black musical genre in the 1960s and 1970s

a type of country music played at a rapid tempo on banjos and guitars

country music originating in mountainous regions of southern United States

music of southern Louisiana that combines French dance melodies with Caribbean music and blues