folk melody

collocation in English

meaningsoffolkandmelody

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folk
noun
uk
/fəʊk/us
/foʊk/
mainly UK
people, especially those of a particular group ...
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melody
noun[C or U]
uk
/ˈmel.ə.di/us
/ˈmel.ə.di/
a tune, often forming part of a larger piece ...
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(Definition offolkandmelodyfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Their collaboration takes thefolkmelody, creates a variation on it, and sets them to ska rhythms.
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Again he composedfolkmelodywith our composition.
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It starts as a slow acoustic-basedfolkmelodyaccompanied by recorders before introducing electric instrumentation.
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The function of eachfolkmelodydetermines its mood.
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Instead, their composers brought new resources to the tradition, for example fromfolkmelodyand camp meeting songs.
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For example, the second main theme of the first movement, as played by the first oboe, resembles afolkmelody, with its narrow range and almost haphazard rhythm.
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By 'these' he presumably means folk melodies.
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Combining a musical vision with dedication to experimentation, they create a synthesis of mystical world music composed of traditional and folk melodies and instruments.
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It was there that he started his series of 300 "trozos", based on folk melodies, written for various instruments.
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He also made use of ethnic and folk melodies in his theory training, especially as an aid to student composition.
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Both works reimagine folk melodies and also folk-like pieces by other composers.
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Although she composed little original music during these years, she made many instrumental and vocal arrangements of traditional folk melodies.
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Bartk researched folk melodies, and their influence is felt throughout the work.
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Neither are his treatments of national/folk melodies whose composers are not known, or other anonymous works.
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Some of his works make use of folk melodies, patriotic themes, and other nationalistic elements.
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He studied jazz from the age of nine, then tried to incorporate local folk melodies into jazz-form improvisations when in his teens.
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She wrote a large number of song texts to folk melodies and psalm melodies, many of which are still popular today.
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The work contains three main themes, two of which are traditional folk melodies.
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His compositional style is noted for its use of folk melodies in serialism.
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