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Concordance of Country Music. Laura Clark ETE 100-01 9/7/2005. Familiar Term:. Acoustic refers to music produced by instruments not amplified electronically. Genres of Country Music. Bluegrass. Honky Tonk. Zydeco. Western Swing. Country Rock. New Country. “Nashville Sound ”.
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Concordance of Country Music Laura Clark ETE 100-01 9/7/2005
Familiar Term: • Acoustic refers to music produced by instruments not amplified electronically.
Genres of Country Music • Bluegrass • Honky Tonk • Zydeco • Western Swing • Country Rock • New Country “Nashville Sound”
The Accordian • Is a reed instrument with finger boards, or manuals, for both hands, connected by a bellows. • Used in Tejano, Zydeco, and Western Swing music.
The Banjo • A plucked stringed instrument • Metallic timbres are the product of strings stretched over a membrane of skin, plastic, or parchment.
Has a metal resonator disc mounted inside the body connected to the bridge. • Known as the resonatorguitar The Dobro
Essentially the same as the violin • One of the primary melodic instruments in traditional country music The Fiddle
The Mandolin • Small fretted string instrument plucked with the fingers, a plectrum, or a quill.
The Autoharp Provides chordal accompaniments with minimal effort A popular folk instrument of the 19th century
Also known as the Hawaiian guitar • A variant of the acoustic guitar The Steel Guitar
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