inherited music
noun phraseUK /ɪnˈher.ɪ.tɪd ˈmjuː.zɪk/
US /ɪnˈher.ɪ.t̬ɪd ˈmjuː.zɪk/
Music that you get from your family or from people who came before you.
The songs her grandmother sang were inherited music that she loved to share.
OTHER MEANINGS
2. Music passed down through generations as part of a family's or community's heritage.
The festival celebrates the inherited music of the island's first settlers.
3. Songs or tunes learned from parents or elders rather than from formal lessons.
He never took a class; his guitar style is inherited music from his father.
4. A style or repertoire that a later musician receives from earlier artists.
The young pianist's inherited music traces back to the great jazz masters.