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Bluegrass
Learn about and how to sing a bluegrass tune
| Bluegrass | |
| The Texas-Oklahoma region was infused with the swing jazz sound of the Black Orchestras Earnest Tubb and Hank Williams introduced steel amplified guitars and the Honky-tonk sound was born of lyrics, telling what rural whites lost spending by time away from their families, friends, traditions, and their beloved mountains, in search of a wage. Bill Manroe and his Blue Grass Band brought the sound back to a more traditional string band, with the Mandolin and Fiddle and that is how Bluegrass earned its name. | Southern accents are a must with a mandolin, fiddle and harmonicas also featuring in some versions. This song recounts the regretted actions of a young women who’s love for her man lead to some bad decisions, heartache, death and consequences. |
| Song | Music & Lyrics |
| If It Hadn’t Been for Love | Christopher Stapleton & Michael James Henderson 2008 |
| Bluegrass Vocal Technical Traits | Bluegrass Vocal Stylistic Traits |
| Twang Glottal Onsets T one Manipulation Speech |
Country Accent Twang Lax Diction Story Telling |
| Other Songs in this Genre | |
| Traveling Solider – The Dixey Chicks D.I.V.O.R.C.E. – Tammy Wynette I fall to Pieces – Patsy Cline Margaritaville – Jimmy Buffet New Kid in Town – The Eagles |
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