Copla

…There are many kinds of folk songs, from lullabies and nursery rhymes to serenades, wedding songs, religious songs, work songs related to agriculture, livestock farming, and fishing, narrative songs, bullfighting songs, funeral songs, and a variety of dance songs. It can be said that every aspect of social life is connected to songs and instrumental performances. The lyrics range from light-hearted to serious, expressing the subtleties of human emotions, and there are many interesting short poems called coplas (the standard form is four lines of eight syllables each). Here are some important folk songs and folk music forms by region that are particularly well known internationally. …

*Some of the terminology that mentions "copla" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

…民謡の種類はきわめて多く，子守歌，わらべ歌に始まり，セレナーデ，婚礼の歌，宗教的な歌，農業･牧畜･漁業などと結びついた労働歌，物語歌，闘牛の歌，葬礼の歌，そして多彩な踊歌など，社会生活のあらゆる面が歌や器楽演奏に結びついているといえる。歌詞の内容は軽妙なものから深刻なものまであらゆる人情の機微を表現しており，コプラcoplaと呼ばれる短詩(標準型は各8音節の4行)には趣深いものが多い。　地方別に，とくに国際的にも知られる重要な民謡，民俗音楽の形式を挙げる。…

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