Appalachian music
Hillbilly string traditions
Appalachian music is the traditional folk music of the Appalachian Mountain region in the eastern United States.
It blends influences from Scots-Irish, English, and African American traditions, featuring instruments like the fiddle, banjo, and dulcimer.
The style emphasizes ballads, dance tunes, and close vocal harmonies, and forms the foundation of bluegrass and much of American country music: She grew up on Appalachian music before moving to Nashville.
- murder balladsSongs narrating killings
- shape-note singingNotation using geometric symbols
- bluegrassAcoustic Appalachian folk music
- banjoFretted drum-stringed instrument
- fiddleAdjust restlessly; folk violin
mandolin · dulcimer · African rhythms · autoharp · guitar · folk · Scots-Irish · country · Protestant hymns · call and response · harmonica · mountain ballads · sawmill · front porch · moonshine · lonesome · mountain · clogging
- folk musicfolk, folk songs, folk ballads, folk ballad, folk singers
- Bluegrassbanjo, mandolin, fiddle, dobro, flatpicking
- American Rootsblues, bluegrass, country, folk, jazz
- Americana Musicspirituals, folk ballads, hymn books, Camptown Races, Beautiful Dreamer
- grassroots musicfolk, bluegrass, singer-songwriter, Americana, indie folk
- regional musicNew Orleans jazz, Nashville sound, Motown, Memphis soul, Chicago blues
Appalachian musicNew Orleans jazz
Traditional brass-band improvisation style
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Appalachian musichip-hop
Rhythmic spoken-word music
electronic dance music · disco · synth-pop · industrial music · house music