Where a folk song originated is rarely known to its community , and thus the anonymity of the creative process was once considered a major criterion of folk music identification. It has become clear, however, that folk songs and other pieces are the result of individual creation, either by villagers or by professional or church musicians whose work is somehow taken up in the folk culture. The repertory of a folk community probably always included songs of very diverse origins. The form of a folk song as heard at any one time, however, is likely to have been very much affected by the entire community because of its life in oral tradition. Once introduced, a song could be easily dropped from the repertory. More likely, however, as it was passed from parents to children and to friends and associates and coworkers, it would be changed. Numerous influences acted on a song, including creativity, forgetfulness, previously learned songs, and stylistic expectations. As a result, it might become shorter or more like new styles of popular or church music , for example.


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Creation and adaptation
The frequent repetition of an act, to the extent that it becomes characteristic of a group of people is a. Jeans provide a good example of material culture that is adopted by a number of different societies. This refers to what type of material culture? A repetitive act of a group, performed to the extent that it becomes characteristic of the group is known as. Soccer is considered the most global of sports. What led the folk sport of soccer to become so global? Clubs were founded in the United Kingdom to provide factory workers with organized recreation during leisure hours. Access to the Internet may be limited in some countries for all but which of the following types of content? An example of a possible new trend of social media is the rapid diffusion to developing countries such as. They have caused an increase in prostitution in developing countries because of more paying customers from developed countries.
Folk music includes traditional folk music and the genre that evolved from it during the 20th-century folk revival. Some types of folk music may be called world music. Traditional folk music has been defined in several ways: as music transmitted orally, music with unknown composers, or music performed by custom over a long period of time. It has been contrasted with commercial and classical styles. The term originated in the 19th century, but folk music extends beyond that. Starting in the midth century, a new form of popular folk music evolved from traditional folk music. This process and period is called the second folk revival and reached a zenith in the s. This form of music is sometimes called contemporary folk music or folk revival music to distinguish it from earlier folk forms.