1. yes/folk
2. yes/folk
3. yes/folk
4. yes/folk
5. yes/folk
6. yes/folk
7. no/folk
8. yes/folk
9. no/folk
10. yes/folk
11. yes/folk
12. yes/folk
13. yes/no; popular, if this is something reflecting official rules of the professional rodeo circuit; folk if the focus is tricks of the trade learned from other rodeo participants.
14. yes/no; generally, country western is a type of commercial popular music disseminated by the mass media, although it does have roots in folk music. Some forms of country music, especially country gospel and old-time country, still are passed on orally and are shaped by local audiences and tastes, making these genres part of the folk category.
15. yes/folk
16. no/popular
17. no/popular
18. no/elite
19. yes/folk
20. yes/folk
21. no/popular
22. yes/no; both popular and folk; Garth Brooks' pop country hit "Friends in Low Places" has roots in traditional music, and it has its own folkloric element. The song has a secret stanza that is not on the recording, but insider fans know it and sing along with him in live concerts. This secret stanza represents a folk tradition attached to a popular culture song.
23. yes/folk
24. no/elite
25. no/popular
26. yes/folk
27. yes/folk
28. no/elite
29. yes/folk
30. yes/no; some gospel is now a form of commercially disseminated popular music with known composers and original compositions; much gospel music comes from oral tradition, with tunes or texts learned by ear disseminated in musical styles which reflect the tastes of particular cultural communities.

Adapted with permission from FolkWriting, Diane Howard and Laurie Sommers et al., Valdosta State University, 2002, http://www.valdosta.edu/folkwriting/folkwriting.htm.

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