MUSC 2226 - unit 7

Question 1

traditional country vocal sound

Answer 1

a singing style characterized by a flat, sometimes nasal sound with little inflection (a straight tone)

Question 2

thumb brush style

Answer 2

an early country guitar style in which the performer plays the melody on the lower strings and, between melody notes, brushes the chords on the upper strings. It was first popularized by Maybelle Carter

Question 3

western swing

Answer 3

a swing style of country music which emerged in the Southwest in the 1930s

Question 4

folk music

Answer 4

music made by a group of people (e.g., Cajuns, Navahos, or whites from rural Appalachie), mostly without formal training, primarily for their own amusement or for the amusement of others in the group. Within the group, folk music is transmitted orally. Within the popular tradition, folk music has also referred to folksongs sung by commercial musicians (e.g., the Kingston Trio) or music with elements of folk style (e.g., the folk rock of the late 1960s)

Question 5

broadside

Answer 5

a topical text sung to a well-known tune. Broadsides were, in effect, an urban folk music with printed words

Question 6

honky-tonk

Answer 6

country music appropriate for a noisy, working class bar or club