Traditional Greek songs are those composed anonymously and passed down over generations. They are divided into categories like lullabies, outdoor songs, and holiday songs based on their content. Kleptic songs emerged in the 16th century during Greek occupation and described the fight for freedom. Folk songs developed from an oral tradition as a way for people to express feelings and are based on the human need for expression.

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2. Traditional
songs
Are called the songs that the composer is not
known, they’ve been composed with the help of
many people. They have remained safe by the
years and became the way of enjoyment for a lot
generations. The traditional songs depending to
their content had been divided to categories, such
us sleeping songs, songs of outdoors, carols’
songs, or apokria songs.
If you want to find when the Greek traditional
songs found, you have to go back in time in the
ancient years….

3. Kleptic songs
Kleptic songs is a category of folk songs. It’s name
comes from its content. The Greek kleptic songs have
been composed in the 16th century when Greece
where under the turkish occupation. Their content
describes the fight of the Greeks for freedom so for a
better future.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GRPjbGvdyB8
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JGDxp67RlvI
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vzbTcgljpZ4

4. Folk songs
Folk song is a literary genre of
music that is based on the oral
literary tradition, that is developed
from the humans need to express
their feelings.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rVnFF24iZ4U
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2QEGIzu8fxQ
http://www.greekfolkmusicanddance.com/instruments.php