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old-time music

genre of North American folk music
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old-time music

Summary

old-time music is a music genre[1]. It draws 609 Wikipedia views per month (music_genre category, ranking #335 of 1,946).[2]

Key Facts

  • old-time music's instance of is recorded as music genre[3].
  • old-time music is a type of Appalachian folk music[4].
  • old-time music's Commons category is recorded as Old-time music[5].
  • old-time music's country of origin is recorded as United States[6].
  • old-time music's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Old-time music[7].
  • old-time music's practiced by is recorded as old-time musician[8].

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Definition and Type

old-time music's instance of is recorded as music genre[3]. It is a type of Appalachian folk music[4].

Why It Matters

old-time music draws 609 Wikipedia views per month (music_genre category, ranking #335 of 1,946).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 10 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[9] It is known by 14 alternative names across languages and contexts.[10]

Related Entities

United States

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . Rate Your Music. rateyourmusic.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [9] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [10] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 6d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Country of origin → —
    Instance of → music genre
    Practiced by → old-time musician
    Subclass of → —
    + 5 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|2 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987007532532505171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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