The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #36871 Message #511841
Posted By: Mark Cohen
21-Jul-01 - 04:25 AM
Thread Name: BS: How To Create a Folk Song (II)
Subject: RE: BS: How To Create a Folk Song (II)
A folk song is always in 4/4. Or maybe 6/8. Unless it was collected by A.L. Lloyd, in which case it's in 5/4 alternating with 7/4. If a song is in 3/4, it is not a folk song--it's a march that's been folk processed.