Lecture 7: Hillbilly Records Flashcards
1
Q
What was the precursor for country music?
A
hillbilly records
2
Q
famous names of hillbilly records
A
- the carter family
- jimmie rodgers
- woodie guthrie
3
Q
how did hillbilly music become popular?
A
radio
4
Q
the carter family
A
- family trio
- AP carter (bass), sara (lead vocals), maybelle (harmony, guitar)
5
Q
carter family style
A
- conservative
- carter family lick
- folk music (copyrighted)
- merging of secular and sacred
6
Q
The carter family lick
A
pluck out melody on lower strings of guitar, while strumming on off beat to make chords, became known as the carter family lick
7
Q
Carter family song
A
- gospel ship
- straightforward, unadorned arrangement
8
Q
African american gospel
A
- separation of sacred and secular
- the sun didn’t shine by the golden gate quartet
9
Q
Jimmie rodgers
A
- quintessential rambling cowboy
- most influential early country artist
- blue yodel no. 2
- high, lonesome sound
10
Q
woody guthrie
A
- voice of the american worker
- political
- protest singer
- do re mi
11
Q
do re mi
A
- quintessential activist song
- ABAC chorus remeniscent of tin pan alley
- carter lick
12
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