Folk Music

Folk Music

Folk Music

• Exists in every country

• Tells a story

• Made to entertain- created for anybody

• Passed down from person to person

Multiple Select

Which of the following is true of folk music?

• Passed down from person to person

• Written and printed music

• Served as entertainment for average people

• Only professional performers

American Folk Music

• Country

• Bluegrass

Instruments in American Folk Music

• Guitar

• Banjo

• Violin/FIddle

• Homemade/found instruments

Multiple Select

Which instruments are common to American Folk Music?

• Drum set

• Piano

• Guitar

• Banjo

• Washboard or other found items