Folk Music; by Andrew Henke

Folk music is a bluegrass style of music, originating from the late 19th century, consisting of acoustic instruments, simple chord progressions, and simple scales, such as the pentatonic minor scale, or blues scale. Folk music was influenced by people such as Bob Dylan and Pete Seeger.

Folk music influenced it’s time period by introducing a new style of beats and rhythm, which was then incorporated into many music styles, including country music, pop, and blues.

One way that Folk music is different from its close companion, country music, is that Country music focuses on the involvement with big businesses to develop the careers of country stars, whereas in Folk music, there is more focus on community involvement