| NOUN | communication | folk music, ethnic music, folk | the traditional and typically anonymous music that is an expression of the life of people in a community |
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| Meaning | The traditional and typically anonymous music that is an expression of the life of people in a community. | |
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| Synonyms | ethnic music, folk | |
| Narrower | country music, country and western, C and W | A simple style of folk music heard mostly in the southern United States |
| folk song, folksong, folk ballad | A song that is traditionally sung by the common people of a region and forms part of their culture | |
| gospel, gospel singing | folk music consisting of a genre of a cappella music originating with Black slaves in the United States and featuring call and response | |
| schottische | music performed for dancing the schottische | |
| square-dance music | music performed for square dancing | |
| Broader | popular music, popular music genre | Any genre of music having wide appeal (but usually only for a short time) |
| Spanish | folk música, folk, música étnica, música folklórica, música folk, música tradicional | |
| Catalan | folk, música folk, música tradicional | |
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