Country+Music

__ media type="youtube" key="OIqMflhH1LY" height="344" width="425" Country Music __ __By Carolyn__ You have to make country music by your self. Some of the early country music used a variety of instruments- spoons; squeezal, banjo, steel guitar, jug, wash board, harmonica, fiddle, guitar, auto harp, piano, accordion, and mandolin. Many country acts featured a singer with a guitar. Johnny Cash was a star for more than 40 years and he was also honored for his lifetime achievements. He also served in the Air Force early in the 1950’s. Country music started in 1958. It also started in the Folk songs of the English, Scottish and Irish. The country music started in the southern United States during the 1800’s. Country music is a genre that is popular nationally. It was developed from various Anglo Americans. Country music had grown to include a vast array of styles. Country music was originally labeled “hillbilly” or old timey music. Most people stared recording in the 1960’s. Then they start recording in the car. Sound recoding involves mechanical, electronic detection of sounds. It also detected one or more microphones and contemporary music. It also record turns at a steady speed of 331/4 and the standard speed for “single”is 45 rpm. The phonograph was invented by Thomas Edison. Reel to reel tape recording machines came in to general use in the 1950’s.Recordabe compact discs become available in the early 1990’s. Country Music was popular in the 1930’s. The Country Music Blues was created by African Americans. The Popular music was the blues. Some important people were Hank Williams, Gene Autry, and Merle Haggard. Billy Ray Cyrus was a popular country music singer. The most popular country music singers today are Rascal Flats, Leann Rimes, Carrie Underwood and TimMcGraw.

Works Cited:

Bertholf, Bret. The Long Gone Lonesome History of Country Music. NewYork: Little,