Folk music Paragraph

Folk music paragraph

Folk music is a piece of music that belongs to a community and that is not influenced by any sophisticated music rules or any standard music styles. Folk music includes both religious and secular songs.

The history of folk music composition can be traced back to the third century between BC during the Gupta dynasty. A generation of rural poet composers created enormous traditional Bangla folk music. Most of the folk songs are composed based on rural people, culture, and environments which differ from region to region in Bangladesh. Folk music has a great variety in Bangladesh. They are Bhatiyali, Bhawaiya, Baul, Spiritual song, Jarigan, Sarigan, Murshidi, etc. Bangladesh has a good of instruments of its own. They are dotara, Dhole, Bhasi, Mandire, Khajani, Hari, Kumkum, Zara, etc. Some famous singers have made folk music popular among the people of Bangladesh. They are Shiraj Saiah, Lalon Shah, Shah Abdul Karim, Hasan Raja, Abbas Uddin, Abdul Alim, and Radha Roman who are notable folk singers in Bangladesh. Tribal customs, culture, and lifestyles have an effect on it. Folk music may be songs individually or in chorus. At present, the condition of folk music in our country is very poor. Now a day’s rich traditional folk music is inevitably influenced by western music and culture. So, we should avoid foreign music. Because we should not neglect our rich traditional folk music. All of us should become forward to preserving our rich, ancient, and significant folk songs.