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American Country Music

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“Country music is the people's music . . .

It just speaks about real life …

and about truth . . .

and it tells things how they really are.”

Roots of Country Music

Sources of Country Music

Trains

Church Singers

Fiddlers

Square Dancing

Banjo Players

Singing Cowboys

Steamboats

Folk Singers

Fiddlers

The Beginning (1920’s)• Country music has its roots and beginnings in folk music. The

old cowboy and pioneer songs of the American frontier were popular in the

early twentieth century, and so were arrangements of pop music songs

by rural (or rural-sounding) performers. Country musicians also adapted new

musical instruments, like the Hawaiian steel guitar

•Country found it’s permanent home in Nashville Tennessee in 1925 when

the Nashville Barn Dance opened, which later became the Grand Ole Opry.

•The first commercial recording of “country music” was by Sallie Gooden in

1922 by Victor Records.

•The first singer to have a nationwide hit was Vernon Dalhart in 1924.

•The two most influential groups of this time was the Carter Family and

Jimmie Rodgers. They built the foundation for the genre.

•Jimmie Rodgers was considered the “Father of Country Music” and the Carter

Family was the first family of country music.

Types of Country Music

Hillbilly

Singing Cowboy

HonkyTonk

Rock -A -

billy

Bluegrass

Nashville Sound

Neo-Country

Country

Music Genre

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Hillbilly

Country music from Texas and Oklahoma; rough, loud and often including yodeling

Singing Cowboy

The western style of country music was brought to the American Public through cowboy films.

A type of country music first played in bars; often included a

piano

Honky-tonk

Rockabillya blend of black music and country

music; part of the roots of rock and roll

Bluegrass

A type of country music played at a rapid speed on banjos and guitars

Country music that includes elements of popular music; broadcast on radio &

TV out of Nashville, Tennessee

The Nashville Sound

Modern country music that takes its inspiration from traditional

country artists

Neo Traditional Country

Timeline

Hillbilly1922

1941Hillbilly is a term (often derogatory) for people who dwell in rural, mountainous areas of the United States, primarily southern Appalachia but also the Ozarks. Owing to its strongly stereotypical connotations, the term can be offensive to those Americans of Appalachian heritage.

1935

Singing Cowboys1955

A singing cowboy was a subtype of the archetypal cowboy hero of early Western films, popularized by many of the B-movies of the 1930s and 1940s. The typical singing cowboys were white-hat-wearing, clean-shaven heroes with the habit of showing their emotions in song.

1941

Honk y

Tonk 1955A honky-tonk (also called

a honkatonk, honkey-tonk, or tonk) is a type of bar that provides musical entertainment (usually country music) to its patrons. Bars of this kind are common in the Southern and Southwestern United States.The term "honky-tonk" has also been applied to various styles of 20th-century American music.

1954

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Rockabilly

The term "rockabilly" is a portmanteau of "rock" (from "rock 'n' roll") and "hillbilly", the latter a reference to the country music (often called "hillbilly music"

in the 1940s and 1950s) that contributed strongly to the style's development. Other important influences on rockabilly include western swing, boogie woogie,

and rhythm and blues. While there are notable exceptions, its origins lie primarily in the Southern United States.

Rockabilly is one of the earliest styles of rock and roll music, dating to the early 1950s.

1940

BluegrassPresent

…

Bluegrass, as a distinct musical form, developed from elements of old-time music and traditional music of the Appalachian region of the United States

The Appalachian region was where many English and Ulster-Scots immigrants settled, bringing with them the musical traditions of their homelands. Hence the sounds of jigs and reels, especially as played on the fiddle, were innate to the developing style. Black musicians infused characteristics of the blues to the mix, and in a development that was key to shaping the Bluegrass sound, introduced the iconic banjo to the region.

Present …

Nash

ville

Sound

1958

By the late 1970s and 1980s, many pop music singers picked up the countrypolitan style and created what is known as country pop, the fusion of country music and soft rock.

1980

Present …

NeotraditionalNeotraditional country, also known as "new traditional" country, is a country music style that emphasizes the instrumental background and a "traditional" country vocal style. Neotraditional country artists often dress in the fashions of the country music scene of the 1940s, 1950s and early 1960s. Some neotraditional artists are sometimes associated with the alternative country movement.

Instruments of Country Music

GuitarFiddle

BassMandolinSteel guitar

Banjo

Banjo

Fiddle

Mandolin

Guitar

Steel Guitar

Bass

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