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Bluegrass

From HitStory, the pop encyclopedia of School of Rock · Genre

Bluegrass · From the 1940s a fast, acoustic variant emerged in country: bluegrass, named after the band of the mandolin player Bill Monroe from Kentucky, the Blue Grass Boys. In 1945 the banjo player Earl Scruggs from North Carolina joined that band. He played with three fingers, in fast patterns of eight notes per bar: the rolls. In 1948 Scruggs and the singer-guitarist Lester Flatt started a band of their own; their Foggy Mountain Breakdown (1949) was later heard in the film Bonnie and Clyde (1967).

Listening

Listening tip. In Foggy Mountain Breakdown, listen to the banjo: three fingers, rolls of eight notes per bar, while fiddle and guitar hold the tempo.

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