Answer:Vocal and instrumental performance qualities differ considerably from those of Western art music. The sometimes strange, harsh, and tense voice and the elaborate ornamentation in folk song is no more or less natural—or intentional—than the vocal style of formally trained singers.
Step-by-step explanation:
Characteristics:
Acoustic instruments.
Simple chord progressions such as C-F-G or Am-G.
Simple time signatures such as 3/4 or 4/4.
“Sharp” or natural keys such as C, D, E, G or A.
Simple scales such as pentatonic minor (blues), pentatonic major, major, melodic minor and mixolydian.