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This document provides an introduction to country music terminology. It defines key terms related to country music genres, instruments, performers and locations. These include definitions of twang, banjo, hillbilly, honky-tonk, rockabilly and references to the Grand Ole Opry and Nashville Sound. The document lists important vocabulary words and provides examples of country music terminology in context. It also lists two sources for further information on the topic.
![Anderson, S. E. [compiled by] (2003). The
quotable musician: from Bach to Tupac. New York,
NY: Allworth Press
Tribe, I. M. (2006). Country: a regional
exploration. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press](https://image.slidesharecdn.com/countrymusic4fonts-150318183446-conversion-gate01/85/Country-music-4-fonts-52-320.jpg)
Country music 4 fonts
- 2. If you learn whats in this presentation, you will . . . Before we begin: Teacher Bao
- 11. Person who writes the music for songs
- 16. george_strait-twang.mp3 Click here to listen to the sound of TWANG Hint: in the new page, click on the play button in the upper left hand corner
- 18. - a recording of a song that was first recorded by somebody else
- 19. (1) a place; a theater in the American South (Tennessee) that produces live country music shows (2) a weekly country music radio program
- 38. Country music that includes elements of popular music; broadcast on radio & TV out of Nashville, Tennessee
- 50. Word List Country music Twang Banjo Hillbilly Composer Yodel Bass Singing Cowboy Lyrics Genre Mandolin Honky-tonk Lyricist Cover Guitar Rockabilly Ballad Grand Ole Opry Steel Guitar Bluegrass Crossover Instruments Fiddle Nashville Sound Neo-traditional In this presentation all vocabulary words appear in
- 52. Anderson, S. E. [compiled by] (2003). The quotable musician: from Bach to Tupac. New York, NY: Allworth Press Tribe, I. M. (2006). Country: a regional exploration. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press
Editor's Notes
- george_strait-twang.mp3 http://mp3.rhapsody.com/george-strait/twang/twang
- http://www.originmusic.com/seasons/19%20-%20Yodeling%20Mozart.mp3
- The Sources of Country Music by Thomas Hart Benton
- http://www.thebluegrassblog.com/tag/banjo
- http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2098/2229281664_d14d061229.jpg
- Conway Twitty, Johnnie Cash, Roy Orbison