ethnic music

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ethnic music - the traditional and typically anonymous music that is an expression of the life of people in a communityfolk music, folkfolk ballad, folk song, folksong - a song that is traditionally sung by the common people of a region and forms part of their cultureschottische - music performed for dancing the schottischepopular music, popular music genre - any genre of music having wide appeal (but usually only for a short time)C and W, country and western, country music - a simple style of folk music heard mostly in the southern United States; usually played on stringed instrumentsgospel singing, gospel - folk music consisting of a genre of a cappella music originating with Black slaves in the United States and featuring call and response; influential on the development of other genres of popular music (especially soul)square-dance music - music performed for square dancing