[
  {
    "term": "Anglo ballad",
    "use": "english folk ballad, modal melody, fingerpicked acoustic guitar, free-breathing tempo, 78 BPM, plain narrative vocal"
  },
  {
    "term": "Celtic reel",
    "use": "celtic reel, fiddle and tin whistle unison, bodhran drive, 116 BPM in cut time, joyous session energy"
  },
  {
    "term": "Celtic air",
    "use": "celtic air, solo low whistle over harp, rubato phrasing, 60 BPM, misty aching beauty"
  },
  {
    "term": "Sea shanty",
    "use": "sea shanty, unaccompanied gang vocals, call-and-response, stomping pulse, 96 BPM, salt-and-rope grit"
  },
  {
    "term": "Nordic folk",
    "use": "nordic folk, nyckelharpa drone, close vocal harmony, frame drum, 88 BPM, cold pine-forest air"
  },
  {
    "term": "Balkan folk",
    "use": "balkan folk, 7/8 odd meter, accordion and clarinet, tapan drum, 148 BPM, spiraling village dance"
  },
  {
    "term": "Klezmer",
    "use": "klezmer, wailing clarinet, minor freygish scale, bouncing bass and drums, 132 BPM, bittersweet celebration"
  },
  {
    "term": "Flamenco",
    "use": "flamenco, percussive nylon guitar rasgueado, palmas handclaps, cajon, 108 BPM, raw cante vocal, proud sorrow"
  },
  {
    "term": "Fado",
    "use": "fado, portuguese guitarra tremolo, classical guitar, 66 BPM, dramatic saudade vocal, candlelit longing"
  },
  {
    "term": "Chanson",
    "use": "french chanson, accordion musette, brushed drums, walking bass, 104 BPM, conversational intimate vocal"
  },
  {
    "term": "American folk revival",
    "use": "folk revival, strummed acoustic and harmonica, upright bass, 112 BPM, earnest protest vocal"
  },
  {
    "term": "Singer-songwriter",
    "use": "singer-songwriter, fingerstyle acoustic guitar, subtle cello, brushed kit, 84 BPM, close confessional vocal"
  },
  {
    "term": "Freak folk",
    "use": "freak folk, odd tunings, humming drones, toy percussion, 90 BPM, quavering idiosyncratic vocal"
  },
  {
    "term": "Indie folk",
    "use": "indie folk, layered acoustic guitars, glockenspiel, group harmonies, 98 BPM, hopeful wistful mood"
  },
  {
    "term": "Folk rock",
    "use": "folk rock, jangling 12-string, solid backbeat, organ pad, 124 BPM, ringing harmony vocals"
  },
  {
    "term": "Chamber folk",
    "use": "chamber folk, acoustic guitar with string quartet, clarinet countermelody, 76 BPM, literate tenderness"
  },
  {
    "term": "Appalachian old-time",
    "use": "old-time appalachian, clawhammer banjo, fiddle drone, foot tap, 122 BPM, modal mountain melody"
  },
  {
    "term": "Bluegrass gospel",
    "use": "bluegrass gospel, tight family harmony, mandolin and banjo, 132 BPM, uplifting testimony"
  },
  {
    "term": "Cajun / Zydeco",
    "use": "zydeco, accordion riff, rubboard scrape, drums and bass, 132 BPM, sweaty Louisiana dance-hall joy"
  },
  {
    "term": "Andean folk",
    "use": "andean folk, quena flute melody, charango tremolo, bombo drum, 96 BPM, high-altitude longing"
  },
  {
    "term": "Nueva canción",
    "use": "nueva cancion, nylon guitar and charango, poetic vocal, gentle 6/8, 92 BPM, hopeful political warmth"
  },
  {
    "term": "Russian folk",
    "use": "russian folk, balalaika tremolo, accordion, accelerating dance, 140 BPM, minor-key exuberance"
  },
  {
    "term": "Irish pub sing-along",
    "use": "pub sing-along, accordion and guitar, stomping 4/4, 128 BPM, rowdy group chorus, beer-soaked joy"
  },
  {
    "term": "Ozark / string band",
    "use": "string band, twin fiddles, guitar bass runs, no drums, 118 BPM, dusty communal dance"
  },
  {
    "term": "Folk lament",
    "use": "folk lament, unaccompanied voice, modal ornament, distant room reverb, free tempo, raw grief"
  },
  {
    "term": "Murder ballad",
    "use": "murder ballad, dark open-tuned guitar, sparse drum thud, 76 BPM, ominous narrative vocal"
  },
  {
    "term": "Work song",
    "use": "work song, hammer-strike pulse, leader-and-chorus vocals, no instruments, 86 BPM, weary determination"
  },
  {
    "term": "Alpine folk",
    "use": "alpine folk, yodeling vocal, accordion and brass, waltz lilt, 160 BPM in 3, mountain cheer"
  },
  {
    "term": "Bothy / a cappella trio",
    "use": "a cappella folk trio, close modal harmony, no instruments, 72 BPM, austere and luminous"
  },
  {
    "term": "Neo-folk",
    "use": "neo-folk, martial acoustic strum, low drone, baritone vocal, 84 BPM, solemn ritual air"
  }
]