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Music Genres and Styles Traditional music is a ___________ name for what has been called "folk music", excluding the expansion of the term folk music to include much non-traditional material. The defining characteristics of traditional music are: ____________ transmission: The music is handed down and learned through traditions of singing, listening, and sometimes dancing. It is passed down without written ___________ ______________. _________ basis: The music comes from and is part of the ___________________ of a particular region or culture. Folk music includes both traditional music and the genre that evolved from it during the 20th century folk revival. The term originated in the 19th century but is often applied to older music. Some types of folk music are also called __________ _______________. Traditional folk music has been defined in several ways: as music transmitted by_____________, as music of the lower classes, and as music with ________________ composers. It is not music made only for ____________. Folk music is usually music that has been transmitted and evolved by a process of oral transmission or performed by custom over a __________ ___________ of time; these songs would be passed down from _______________ to generation, which is why there are often many variations. Folk music generally identifies with a particular _________ and provides a common ground for _____________. Examples include music from Greece, Latin America, France, Africa, Israel, Asia, or the American Indians. Folk Music often commemorates a ____________ or ___________ event such as religious festivals, funerals, weddings, etc. These songs may also be accompanied by traditional ___________ or costumes. Folk music often uses non-standard _______________ we generally call “folk instruments”. Some are: banjo, fiddle, harmonica, pan flute, dulcimer, tin whistle, oud, balalaika, didgeridoo, sitar, and djembe. Art music (also known as serious music) is an general term used to refer to musical traditions implying a more _____________ structure and a _____________ musical tradition. Art music is usually more _____________ and requires ______________ musicians to perform it, unlike traditional music and popular music, which are easily accessible to ______________ . Popular music belongs to any of a number of musical genres "having wide appeal” and is typically distributed to large audiences through the ____________ ____________. It stands in contrast to both art music and traditional music, which are typically passed on ______________ or orally to smaller, local audiences. Popular music is different than “_______ ___________”, and refers to music of all ages that appeals to popular tastes of society.