Traditional and timeless music. The folk and oral tradition.

Traditional or Timeless music is the term we are using to describe folk music and other music passed on from generation to generation by oral tradition.

Introduction

How periods are shown	Early Music	Renaissance	Baroque	Classical
Romantic	Impressionist	Modern (Serious)	Popular Modern	Traditional and Timeless

This period/style which we have named Traditional and Timeless, overlaps all the other periods, because it represents music sung or played by our ancestors, and passed on to each successive generation orally. Usually the composer is unknown. The melodies are usually short, simple and easily memorable. Many hymns, Christmas carols, anthems, folk songs, and nursery rhymes fall into this period/style.