Folk music

Folk music, in the original sense of the term, is music by and of the people. Folk music arose, and best survives, in societies not yet affected by mass communication and the commercialization of culture. It normally was shared and performed by the entire community (not by a special class of expert performers), and was transmitted by word of mouth.

See also

• Christmas carol
• Folk clubs
• Folk instrument - a description and list of folk instruments
• Hymn
• Serbian folk music - list of Serbian folk songs
• List of folk music genres
• Neofolk - A revival of sorts.