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- Bluegrass_music abstract "Bluegrass music is a form of American roots music, and a related genre of country music. Influenced by the music of Appalachia, Bluegrass has mixed roots in Irish, Scottish, Welsh, and English traditional music, and was also later influenced by the music of African-Americans through incorporation of jazz elements.Settlers from the United Kingdom and Ireland arrived in Appalachia during the 18th century, and brought with them the musical traditions of their homelands. These traditions consisted primarily of English and Scottish ballads—which were essentially unaccompanied narrative—and dance music, such as Irish reels, which were accompanied by a fiddle. Many older bluegrass songs come directly from the British Isles. Several Appalachian bluegrass ballads, such as \"Pretty Saro\", \"Barbara Allen\", \"Cuckoo Bird\" and \"House Carpenter\", come from England and preserve the English ballad tradition both melodically and lyrically. Others, such as The Twa Sisters, also come from England; however, the lyrics are about Ireland. Some bluegrass fiddle songs popular in Appalachia, such as \"Leather Britches\", and \"Pretty Polly\", have Scottish roots. The dance tune Cumberland Gap may be derived from the tune that accompanies the Scottish ballad Bonnie George Campbell. Other songs have different names in different places; for instance in England there is an old ballad known as \"A Brisk Young Sailor Courted Me\", but exactly the same song in North American bluegrass is known as \"I Wish My Baby Was Born\".In bluegrass, as in some forms of jazz, one or more instruments each takes its turn playing the melody and improvising around it, while the others perform accompaniment; this is especially typified in tunes called breakdowns. 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. Breakdowns are often characterized by rapid tempos and unusual instrumental dexterity and sometimes by complex chord changes.There are three major subgenres of bluegrass and one unofficial subgenre. Traditional bluegrass has musicians playing folk songs, tunes with simple traditional chord progressions, and using only acoustic instruments, with an example being Bill Monroe. Progressive bluegrass groups may use electric instruments and import songs from other genres, particularly rock & roll. Examples include Cadillac Sky and Bearfoot. \"Bluegrass gospel\" has emerged as a third subgenre, which uses Christian lyrics, soulful three- or four-part harmony singing, and sometimes the playing of instrumentals. A newer development in the bluegrass world is Neo-traditional bluegrass; exemplified by bands such as The Grascals and Mountain Heart, bands from this subgenre typically have more than one lead singer. Bluegrass music has attracted a diverse following worldwide. Bluegrass pioneer Bill Monroe characterized the genre as: \"Scottish bagpipes and ole-time fiddlin'. It's Methodist and Holiness and Baptist. It's blues and jazz, and it has a high lonesome sound.\"".
- Bluegrass_music instrument Acoustic_guitar.
- Bluegrass_music instrument Banjo.
- Bluegrass_music instrument Bluegrass_fiddle.
- Bluegrass_music instrument Dobro.
- Bluegrass_music instrument Double_bass.
- Bluegrass_music instrument Mandolin.
- Bluegrass_music instrument Washboard_(musical_instrument).
- Bluegrass_music musicFusionGenre Jam_band.
- Bluegrass_music musicSubgenre Progressive_bluegrass.
- Bluegrass_music stylisticOrigin African-American_music.
- Bluegrass_music stylisticOrigin Appalachian_music.
- Bluegrass_music stylisticOrigin Blues.
- Bluegrass_music stylisticOrigin Folk_music_of_England.
- Bluegrass_music stylisticOrigin Folk_music_of_Ireland.
- Bluegrass_music stylisticOrigin Jazz.
- Bluegrass_music stylisticOrigin Old-time_music.
- Bluegrass_music stylisticOrigin Scottish_folk_music.
- Bluegrass_music stylisticOrigin String_band.
- Bluegrass_music thumbnail BluegrassBanjo.jpg?width=300.
- Bluegrass_music wikiPageExternalLink www.powergrassradio.com.
- Bluegrass_music wikiPageExternalLink bluegrasscountry.org.
- Bluegrass_music wikiPageExternalLink www.foxbeard.com.
- Bluegrass_music wikiPageExternalLink old_time_smoky_music_cd.
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- Bluegrass_music wikiPageRevisionID "707925545".
- Bluegrass_music wikiPageWikiLink A_Brisk_Young_Sailor_Courted_Me.
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- Bluegrass_music wikiPageWikiLink African-American_music.
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- Bluegrass_music wikiPageWikiLink Andy_Statman.
- Bluegrass_music wikiPageWikiLink Appalachia.
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- Bluegrass_music wikiPageWikiLink Baptists.
- Bluegrass_music wikiPageWikiLink Barbara_Allen_(song).
- Bluegrass_music wikiPageWikiLink Baritone.
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- Bluegrass_music wikiPageWikiLink Beanblossom,_Indiana.
- Bluegrass_music wikiPageWikiLink Bearfoot_(American_band).
- Bluegrass_music wikiPageWikiLink Bill_Clifton.
- Bluegrass_music wikiPageWikiLink Bill_Keith_(musician).
- Bluegrass_music wikiPageWikiLink Bill_Monroe.
- Bluegrass_music wikiPageWikiLink Bill_Monroe_Museum.
- Bluegrass_music wikiPageWikiLink Bill_Monroes_Bluegrass_Hall_of_Fame_and_Country_Star_Museum.
- Bluegrass_music wikiPageWikiLink Blue_Highway.
- Bluegrass_music wikiPageWikiLink Bluegrass_Today.
- Bluegrass_music wikiPageWikiLink Bluegrass_Unlimited.
- Bluegrass_music wikiPageWikiLink Bluegrass_fiddle.
- Bluegrass_music wikiPageWikiLink Bluegrass_in_Baltimore:_The_Hard_Drivin_Sound_and_its_Legacy.
- Bluegrass_music wikiPageWikiLink Bluegrass_mandolin.
- Bluegrass_music wikiPageWikiLink Bluegrass_region.
- Bluegrass_music wikiPageWikiLink Blues.
- Bluegrass_music wikiPageWikiLink Bonnie_George_Campbell.
- Bluegrass_music wikiPageWikiLink Bonnie_and_Clyde_(film).
- Bluegrass_music wikiPageWikiLink Breakdown_(music).
- Bluegrass_music wikiPageWikiLink British_Bluegrass_News.
- Bluegrass_music wikiPageWikiLink British_Isles.
- Bluegrass_music wikiPageWikiLink Buzz_Busby.
- Bluegrass_music wikiPageWikiLink Béla_Fleck.
- Bluegrass_music wikiPageWikiLink Béla_Fleck_and_the_Flecktones.
- Bluegrass_music wikiPageWikiLink Cadillac_Sky.
- Bluegrass_music wikiPageWikiLink Carl_Story.
- Bluegrass_music wikiPageWikiLink Category:American_folk_music.
- Bluegrass_music wikiPageWikiLink Category:Appalachian_culture.
- Bluegrass_music wikiPageWikiLink Category:Bluegrass_music.
- Bluegrass_music wikiPageWikiLink Category:Country_music_genres.
- Bluegrass_music wikiPageWikiLink Category:Culture_of_the_Southern_United_States.
- Bluegrass_music wikiPageWikiLink Category:Gospel_music.
- Bluegrass_music wikiPageWikiLink Category:Old-time_music.
- Bluegrass_music wikiPageWikiLink Cherryholmes.
- Bluegrass_music wikiPageWikiLink Chord_(music).
- Bluegrass_music wikiPageWikiLink Chord_progression.
- Bluegrass_music wikiPageWikiLink Chris_Hillman.
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- Bluegrass_music wikiPageWikiLink Christian.
- Bluegrass_music wikiPageWikiLink Chubby_Wise.
- Bluegrass_music wikiPageWikiLink Clawhammer.
- Bluegrass_music wikiPageWikiLink Clintwood,_Virginia.
- Bluegrass_music wikiPageWikiLink Clogging.
- Bluegrass_music wikiPageWikiLink Coen_brothers.
- Bluegrass_music wikiPageWikiLink Cold_Mountain_(soundtrack).
- Bluegrass_music wikiPageWikiLink Concert_film.
- Bluegrass_music wikiPageWikiLink Consonance_and_dissonance.
- Bluegrass_music wikiPageWikiLink Country_music.
- Bluegrass_music wikiPageWikiLink Cumberland_Gap_(folk_song).
- Bluegrass_music wikiPageWikiLink Cybergrass.
- Bluegrass_music wikiPageWikiLink Czech_bluegrass.
- Bluegrass_music wikiPageWikiLink David_Grisman.
- Bluegrass_music wikiPageWikiLink Del_McCoury.