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Folk Music: Basis of Ancient Rules Transmitted Orally (Ii) These Ancient Rules of Music Have Not

The document discusses Bengali folk music, emphasizing its characteristics and cultural significance. It highlights that folk music is a spontaneous expression of community feelings, composed by rural folk without influence from classical or modern music. Key features include oral transmission, simplicity, local dialect, and a reflection of daily life experiences.

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Folk Music: Basis of Ancient Rules Transmitted Orally (Ii) These Ancient Rules of Music Have Not

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34 English For Today

Lesson 2

Folk Music

A. Warm up activity
C) In the class, give a talk on what you know about Baul / Bhatiyali / Bhawaia songs of
Bangladesh.
QC) Request someone in the class to sing a few lines of a folk song. Then in groups
discuss the theme, lyrics, style and impact of the song on the listeners.
B. Here is an excerpt from an article on Bengali Folk Music written by the late
Mridul Kanti Chakravarty published in Banglapedia published by the Asiatic
Society of Bangladesh. The excerpt has been slightly edited for this textbook.
Read the excerpt and answer the questions that follow.

Folk music consists of songs and music of a conmunity that are not influenced by any
sophisticated musical rules or any standard musical styles. Bangladesh has a heritage of
nich folk music which includes both religious and secular songs.
Folk music may be described as the music of the ancient times that sprang from the
heart of a community, based on their natural style of expression uninfluenced by the
tules of classical music or modern popular songs. Any arrangement of sound created
by the combination of tune, yoice and instrument/dance may be described as music.
Folk music is the combination of song, tune and dance that originate from the
traditional culture of ordimary people (the folk), For example, Baul songs are a combination
of tune, music and dance that are associated with the Baul tradition in Bengal.

Folk music has the following characteristics: (1) It is composed by rural folk on the
basis of ancient rules transmitted orally; (ii) these ancient rules of music have not
been influenced by classical or modern music; (11) folk songs may be sung in groups
or individually; (iv) no regular practice is required for folk music; (Vv) it is composed
and performed by illiterate or semi-literate people: (vi) it is a spontaneous expression
of feelings and thoughts in easy language, local dialect, and simple tune; (vii)
both words and tune are appealing: (vill) despite its universal appeal it uses local
dialect; (ix) it depends upon nature and the rural environment; (x) it is an explicit
manifestation of the joys and sorrows of daily Life; (xi) it uses simple and natural
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rhythms; and (xii) it contains a strong emotive expression of human love and separation.

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