Although he did not live to fully clarify his methods of selection and classification, modern scholars still refer to the 'Child Ballads' as an essential resource in the study of folk songs and ...

In spite of apparent differences, folk and folk-inspired music from the roots to the avant-garde is characterised by certain common features – simple, square rhythms, extended repetition, simple ...

For example there's English folk music, Scottish folk music ... different and can teach us things about a particular culture. Ballads were a popular kind of folk music. These were folk songs ...