traditional ballad

collocation in English

meaningsoftraditionalandballad

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traditional
adjective
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/trəˈdɪʃ.ən.əl/us
/trəˈdɪʃ.ən.əl/
following or belonging to the customs or ways of behaving that have continued in a group of people or society for a long time ...
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ballad
noun[C]
uk
/ˈbæl.əd/us
/ˈbæl.əd/
a song or poem that tells a story, or (in popular music) a slow ...
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(Definition oftraditionalandballadfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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It features old-time, bluegrass, andtraditionalballadmusic performances, as well as team clogging and individual flatfoot dancing.
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The subject matter varied from what has been defined as thetraditionalballad, although many traditional ballads were printed as broadsides.
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The song is in the folk tradition and may be thought by some to be atraditionalballadwhen song by others.
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We tried to treat that track like atraditionalballad, but it's got an eerie feel about it.
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Traditionalballadfrom the 19th century.
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In some of her poems, she varies the meter from thetraditionalballadstanza by using trimeter for lines one, two and four, while only using tetrameter for line three.
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Their music quickly evolved from traditional ballads to electric folk, including psych folk, acid freak folk and rock.
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This work was criticized for unscientific methods, but today it is commonly accepted that he contributed significantly to the preservation of the traditional ballads.
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She collected and sang traditional ballads throughout her life, usually unaccompanied.
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An intricate, complicated plot is called an "imbroglio", but even the simplest statements of plot may include multiple inferences, as in traditional ballads.
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The musical score was a combination of successful works by other composers, traditional ballads and new compositions.
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Border ballads, like all traditional ballads, were traditionally sung unaccompanied.
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