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Twang: when singing, sounds made through
the nose; a characteristic of early
country musicgeorge_strait-twang.mp3
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Yodel- a form of singing where the voice changes quickly between the normal voice and a very high sound (falsetto)
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The Grand Ole Opry(1) a place; a theater in the
American South (Tennessee) that produces live country music shows(2) a weekly country music radio
program
Sources of Country Music
Trains
Church Singers
Fiddlers
Square Dancing
Banjo Players
Singing Cowboys
Steamboats
Folk Singers
Fiddlers
Hillbilly
Singing Cowboy
HonkyTonk
Rock -A -
billy
Bluegrass
Nashville Sound
Neo-Country
Country
Music Genre
s
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
Neotraditional Country
Word ListCountry music
Twang Banjo Hillbilly
Composer Yodel Bass Singing Cowboy
Lyrics Genre Mandolin
Honky-tonk
Lyricist Cover Guitar RockabillyBallad Grand Ole
OprySteel Guitar
Bluegrass
Crossover Instruments Fiddle Nashville SoundNeo-traditional
In this presentation all vocabulary words
appear in yellow
Hillbilly 1922 - 1941Singing Cowboys 1935 - 1955Bluegrass 1940 - PresentHonky-tonk 1941 - 1955Rockabilly 1954 - 1960
Nashville Sound 1958 - PresentNeotraditional 1985 - Present
Timeline