"- Folk music is a good name for the kind of music that gets made in society type 1. "

there are several good names for it.......They usually occur to me when some poor sod is struggling about like a cow in a bog trying to remember a traditional song. Traditional music is not easy music. To do an unaccompanied song well is probably the toughest call of all. I only wish people would realise this before trying it. Its not a soft option to learning three chords on a guitar.

I don't believe everyone made music in societies earlier than ours. I think the skilled performer was regarded as something rather special - a rare bird.

today's kids have more opportunity to play instruments than any previous generation. Never have musical instruments been so cheap. Lets hope they prove equal to the challenge.