Is the stereotypical song for your country is a folk music genre in your country ?

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1. US media sometimes use mariachis to give “spanish vibes” Mariachis are mexicans, not Spanish

   I can’t think of a proper equivalent of the “Tarantella” or “The Land of Hope and Glory” for Spain, other than some random spanish guitar sounds

2. I don’t know what _the_ stereotypical song for Denmark is, but my bet would be that no, it isn’t. Mainly because Danish traditional music is largely without song, and that Danish folk—understood as the style of political music from the 1960es and onwards—is largely unknown outside of Denmark.

3. The quintessentially Norwegian tune, in my eyes at least, is a classical piece rather than folk music: [*I Dovregubbens hall.*](https://youtu.be/4nMUr8Rt2AI) Grieg was a an absolute master at imparting the sense you get from Norwegian nature into musical form. In the case of *Dovregubbens hall*, my mind wanders in the endless dark-green mountains and forests that inspired men to make trolls; lighter tunes like [Morgenstemning](https://youtu.be/1e9f9UavbsY) makes me think of sunrise in spring.

   Traditional folk music is largely [fiddle-based.](https://youtu.be/H8nKm3CMO9s) More contemporary music that can be called “folksy” — what we sing when we’re shitfaced, which isn’t uncommon — is music like [DDE](https://youtu.be/8yaoJExHUho), [Tore Tang](https://youtu.be/87eFLEl-xz8), and [Vazelina Bilopphøggers.](https://youtu.be/j548gk4-QoM)

4. Not entirely. Stereotypically, Austria is often equated with classical music. Folk music, or „Volksmusik“ is music with the accordion, brass instruments, violin and such.

5. The stereotypical “Irish” song is “Danny boy”

   However, the song was created by an Englishman, and is something that is rarely brought up in Ireland.

   The most popular folk song in Ireland is “come out ye Black and Tans”. Nearly everyone knows the lyrics.

   Another very popular (and less provocative) one is whiskey in the jar, which has a very well known rendition by Thin Lizzy.

   The most famous one in Irish is probably “Oró sé do bheatha bhaile” which to be fair, is a tune

6. A stereotypical song for the Netherlands , Tulips from Amsterdam is origionally German.

   Which is pretty clear from the lyrics because whoever wrote it clearly doesn’t know were our Tulip producing region is.

   Still the style of music especially played on a player organ or accordion fits somewhat.

7. Yes I think so, stereotypical music is folk music, played with accordion, guitar, trumpet, tuba, clarinet.. Search for Avsenik on youtube and go down the rabbithole. Lojze Slak is also very famous here, but didn’t have a touring band that would made him famous outside of Slovenia like Avsenik.

   My grandparents used to go dancing to local parties with food and live music, where folk bands would play and everyone would drink, eat and dance. But my generation is the more typical youth, going clubbing and listening more to electronic music.

   [example of folk music](https://youtu.be/dCAUieRo6ec)

8. Stereotypical Welsh music would be [Male Voice Choirs](https://youtu.be/tj3D1wQb0cA). It comes from the industrial towns of South Wales during the industrial era, the valleys in particular, and is still a big deal though its mostly seen as an older person’s thing now.

   Our folk music scene is quite strong though too. The most famous Welsh folk song is [Yma o hyd](https://youtu.be/fkBQAvAFjus)

9. It could be hard to know what song is associated with the country you live in, because it’s probably not used in the country. Maybe others should say what sing they associate with tour country? E.g. to me, the songs that pretty much defines the national spirit are some of Jan Johansson’s jazz interpretations of Swedish folk songs. But that is at least partially because they were played a lot on TV when I was growing up. Foreigners won’t have that association. Younger Swedes probably won’t.