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| banjo |
A banjo is a musical instrument with strings. You hold a banjo like a guitar, but it has a different sound, shape, and way of playing. A banjo has a flat, round body and uses four or five strings. The banjo is often played in American folk music along with guitars and fiddles. |
| banshee |
a female spirit in Irish folk stories. Banshees wail to predict someone's death. |
| blues |
(used with a singular or plural verb) a style of sad-sounding music with roots in African American folk music. Jazz and rock music developed from the blues. [1/2 definitions] |
| classical |
having to do with the complex music of the European tradition that is neither folk nor popular music. [1/2 definitions] |
| folk |
Folk is a group of people who come from the same country or place and live the same kind of life. [3/5 definitions] |
| folk singer |
a singer of folk songs. |
| folk song |
a piece of folk music meant for singing. |
| gospel |
a type of heartfelt and often highly rhythmic music sung in a Christian religious service. Gospel originated in America and developed out of various traditions of folk music as well as blues. [1/4 definitions] |
| ogre |
an ugly giant or monster in folk tales and children's stories. Ogres are said to eat people. [1/2 definitions] |
| reel3 |
a lively Scottish folk dance, or the music that it is danced to. |
| troll2 |
an ugly dwarf or giant that lives in a cave or under a bridge in Scandinavian folk stories. |
| vampire |
a creature in folk tales that is said to have died but come back to life. Vampires suck blood from people in order to stay among the living. [1/2 definitions] |
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