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folk music in Tagalog

musikang bayan

folk music in Tagalog: musikang bayan. In English, folk music means any genre of music originating from the ethnic community of a specific region, often passed down through oral tradition, without recorded songwriters and possessing a clear purpose or social function.

Tagalog words for folk music

music originating from a specific region
musikang bayan

English meaning of folk music

  1. noun Any genre of music originating from the ethnic community of a specific region, often passed down through oral tradition, without recorded songwriters and possessing a clear purpose or social function.
  2. noun Any contemporary music in the style of traditional folk music, especially a specific genre of originally American popular music that draws on Anglo-American musical forms.

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Questions about folk music in Tagalog

What is the meaning of folk music in Tagalog?
Folk music in Tagalog is musikang bayan.
Ano ang folk music sa Tagalog?
Folk music: musikang bayan.
What does folk music mean in English?
Folk music means any genre of music originating from the ethnic community of a specific region, often passed down through oral tradition, without recorded songwriters and possessing a clear purpose or social function.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: folk music (page history and authors), its translation table and English meanings. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the Tagalog words and English meanings and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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