In the 1940s, another branch of country music, called Bluegrass Music, appeared in the mountains of Kentucky. It is developed on the basis of country music, absorbing factors such as banjo and fiddle music from the local ancient corn threshing party, as well as narrative songs from the southern mountains.

The singing of bluegrass music is generally multi-part. In addition to the main melody part, there is often a falsetto superimposed harmony part above, and sometimes one or two additional parts are added below the main melody. a bass part. Its accompaniment instruments are unique in the form of banjos and fiddles, and sometimes folk instruments such as mandolins and double basses are also used. The lack of drums in traditional country music is also retained in bluegrass music. The tempo of bluegrass music is generally relatively fast, around 160-330 beats per minute.

Bluegrass music was influenced by jazz during its development, and gorgeous improvised solos often appear in instrumental passages. In the 1970s, when other country music generally adopted electroacoustic instruments, they still used traditional instruments. Famous bluegrass musicians and bands include: the "Bluegrass Boys" band led by Bill Monroe (1911~), the Osborne Brothers, "The Johnson Mountain Boys" Johnson Mountain Boys), "The Nashville Bluegrass Band" (The Nashville Bluegrass Band), etc.

Represents a style of early traditional country music: a string-instrument-based band formed by "country folk" from the Appalachian Mountains in the southeastern United States

, singing traditional songs, with high-pitched vocals as the harmony, and the basic accompaniment instruments include:

Violin, guitar, mandolin, five-string banjo and violin maker John Doppiere The Dobro invented by John Dopyera (1893-January 3, 1988) - an aluminum device used to mechanically amplify the sound of the guitar

Cone. The "Dopyere Brothers" use "Dobu". Bill Monroe

Bill Monroe and the Blue Grass Boys joined the Grand Ole in 1939

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< p>Opry), and a banjo was added in 1942 to enhance the rhythm. Earl Scruggs joined in 1945. His banjo playing skills were superb, and he added improvisation and jazz influences to his performance. The influence's virtuosity and creativity gave new life to a nearly extinct North Carolina style. Influenced by black music, Munro experimented with playing the jazz-influenced mandolin style, and was actually the fastest and best mandolin player of all time. One of the performers. Others, such as Frand Wake Field and John Duffey, were more influenced by jazz. Monroe's music began to be called bluegrass around 1950, but it was considered an outdated style that only represented the interests of a few people. In 1959, Scruggs participated as an individual in the first Newport Folk Festival (

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Fesival), and the following year Lester Flatt (Lester Flatt) and Earl Scruggs and Monroe participated in this music festival. In the mid-1960s, with the popularity of country music, more and more folk music festivals appeared. The Dillards came to Los Angeles from Missouri and continued to develop bluegrass music, and other West Coast bands attracted the attention of the 1970s.

Rock listener. The movie "Deliverance" focused on bluegrass music and produced the hit single "Dueling Banjos" (No. 2 on the US singles chart in 1973). Versatile Eric Weissberg plays banjo and Steve Mandel plays guitar. The modern "newgrass" (

newgrass) style has attracted a large number of young listeners (some people jokingly call them good grass), for example, the newgrass revival band, the core Characters Sam Bush (plays violin/guitar/mandolin), Curtis Buch (guitarist), Courtney Johnson (plays Banjo), Ebo Walker (bass player), they are all singers except Walker.

Albums include: "So Net", "Flying Fish", "Paradise" and "Ridge" Runner). Duffy has been appearing on stage from time to time for 16 years, with albums including "Rebel" and "Sugar Hill" and they have performed three times at the White House. Rick Skaggs

Writers bluegrass-influenced country hits.