Today, we summarised what we have learnt for folk songs. We also notated folk songs and explained why we thought they were folk songs. This will help us complete our assignment about folk songs that I have heard many rumours about.
Folk songs are simple in tune because their melodies generally have small intervals or scales. This is so that the song is easier to memorise and easy for everyone to sing. Most folk songs also have unknown composers as the songs are so old or popular that the composer is ignored. I personally think that this is very sad for the composer. After all, it was his work and he was forgotten.
Folk songs have simple lyrics and repetition in the lyrics. For example, in "London Bridge", the phrase "falling down" is used multiple times. The lyrics are mostly rhyming, as seen in "Row Row Row", when the words "stream" and "dream" are used as a rhyming couplet. These folk tunes also have insignificant content. Would the events of Mary bringing a lamb to school have a profound impact on us anyway?
Folk songs are meant to identify specific groups, such as your cultural, racial, national groups etc.
After we went over these points, Mr Manhart split us up into the groups we were in yesterday and let us choose a song to notate and elaborate on why it was considered a folk song. Our group, oddly enough, chose the same song as another group. I expected Mr Manhart to skip our group's presentation, however he let us present. This gave the whole class a small but valuable insight as to why some songs are more effective when written in one time signature as opposed to another.
Additionally, we cleared up a few misconceptions, such as rhythm vs speed. How are they different? Well, rhythm is either simple or difficult, while speed is the tempo of the music.
In conclusion, during this music lesson, I have learnt a lot and I hope that it is useful!
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