Folk music
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![Indians always distinguished between classical and folk music, though in the past even classical Indian music used to rely on the unwritten transmission of repertoire.](/Images/godic/202501/13/Indian_village_musicians3950.jpg")
![Armenian traditional musicians](/Images/godic/202501/13/Armenian_Musicians3950.jpg")
![Assyrians playing zurna and Davul, the typically used instruments for their folk music.](/Images/godic/202501/13/Assyrianfolk3951.jpg")
Folk music includes both traditional music and the genre that evolved from it during the 20th century folk revival. The term originated in the 19th century but is often applied to music that is older than that. Some types of folk music are also called world music.