-It is heavily based in storytelling
-This music arose from the transatlantic slave trade
-It originated from slaves in West Africa
-Typically, griots would keep up with these stories per say
-Slaves would use call and response within their folk songs
-White people would mock these folk songs in minstrel shows
-Folk music has inspired R&B as well as hiphop
-Banjoes were used a within later years in “newer” folk music
-Black people never really benefited from folk music, but the white people did from exploitation
-It contains polyrhythms
-Drums were an integral part of folk music
-White people tried to change this banjo usage to be called “hillbilly:”
-Famous folk musicians include Leadbelly, Odetta, and Elizabeth Cotton
-Peter Seeger is often associated with folk music, when really, black people are the originators.
-Slaves saw folk music as a release or freedom to escape from their daily tasks
-Blues and ragtime were one of the first few subsets folk music
-Beat boxing originated from folk music
-Spirituals from the initial folk era are called Slave Shout Songs
-One of the first ragtime folk opera was by Scott Joplin
-We shall overcome is considered a very popular folk song
