Bluegrass music From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Stylistic origins: Country music, Scots-Irish Folk , Appalachian folk music, Blues, Jazz Cultural origins: Mid to late 1940s US Typical instruments: Fiddle, banjo, acoustic guitar, mandolin, Dobro, and upright bass Mainstream popularity: originally Southeast United States, but now pockets of popularity throughout U.S., and in locales as diverse as the Czech Republic and Japan Subgenres Progressive bluegrass - Traditional bluegrass - Fusion genres Bluegrass music is a form of American roots music which has its own roots in Irish, Scottish and English traditional music. Bluegrass was inspired by the music of immigrants from the British Isles (particularly the Scots-Irish immigrants of Appalachia), as well as that of rural African-Americans, jazz, and blues. In bluegrass, as in jazz, each instrument takes a turn playing the melody and improvising around it, while the others revert to backing; this is in contrast to old-time music, in which all instruments play the melody together or one instrument carries the lead throughout while the others provide accompaniment. Bluegrass is distinctively acoustic, rarely using electric instruments. |
A Short Introduction to Bluegrass Music and Some Helpful Links |
The Front Porch Boys Bluegrass Band |
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