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Appalachian folk (mountain music)
From HitStory, the pop encyclopedia of School of Rock · Genre
Appalachian folk (mountain music) · From the eighteenth century, immigrants from Scotland, England and Ireland brought ballads and dance music to the Appalachians. The fiddle played the jigs and reels from Scotland and Ireland; in the Appalachians these became above all fast breakdowns in two-four time. Alongside it sounded the banjo, which is Afro-American in origin. Songs passed orally from singer to singer: the folk process.
Listening
Listening tip. In the Irish Swallowtail Jig, one of the roots of this music, hear the two heavy beats per bar, each of them divided in three.
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See also
- Tommy Jarrell
- Clarence Ashley & Doc Watson
- Dock Boggs
- British and Irish folk music
- West African music traditions
- Country
- Skiffle
- Folk revival
- Bluegrass
- Americana
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