traditional song

collocation in English

meaningsoftraditionalandsong

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traditional
adjective
uk
/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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song
noun
uk
/sɒŋ/us
/sɑːŋ/
a usually short piece of music with words that ...
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(Definition oftraditionalandsongfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Atraditionalsong, for example, will be more appropriately recorded on tape, than as a page of written lyrics.
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The album was seen as a departure from their more hardcore-sounding songs and took a more experimental approach, and also moretraditionalsongstructures.
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The compositions do not adhere totraditionalsongstructure.
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These records largely featured the band's laid-back acoustic musicianship and moretraditionalsongstructures.
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The annual independence celebrations display a variety oftraditionalsongand dance.
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Their arrangement of the title track atraditionalsongabout the emotional devastation wrought by press gangs brilliantly encapsulates the story's fraught desperation.
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The single is a duet with him, and is atraditionalsong.
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The meal is divided into courses, each of which is heralded with atraditionalsong.
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There is a time limit to any one person's attempts, which is marked out by the singing of atraditionalsong.
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The album furthers the band's move away from no wave towards moretraditionalsongstructures, while maintaining an aggressively experimental approach.
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The major theme of the festival istraditionalsongand dance.
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People who studiedtraditionalsongsometimes hoped that their work would restore traditional music to the people.
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All songs must be original works or atraditionalsongthat is part of the public domain.
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That was the beginning of his long professional career and productive work during which he co-operated with all the eminent soloists of thetraditionalsong.
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At least two "mizik rasin" bands in the 1990s sang adaptations of thetraditionalsong.
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Attention is rather given totraditionalsong, dance, folk music and festivals.
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While their earlier recordings tended to be at least loosely based ontraditionalsongstructures, on their mid-career albums the band reverted to an extremely fluid improvisational style.
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Hornpipe is atraditionalsongfor sailors.
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The songs are in keeping with her characteristic writing style, but she has made use of moretraditionalsong-writing tools.
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