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1. American Country Music Vocabulary

2. If you learn what’s in this presentation, you will . . . Before we begin: Teacher Bao

3. do better on exams (e.g., CET, TOEFL, IELTS, BEC)

4. have something to talk about with foreign friends

5. Let’s get started!

6. “ Country music is the people's music . . .

7. It just speaks about real life …

8. and about truth . . .

9. and it tells things how they really are.” Faith Hill, Country Singer

10. General Vocabulary

11. Composer Person who writes the music for songs

12. Lyrics - the words of a song Lyricist - the writer of words for a song

13. Ballad - a slow, sad song that tells a story, often romantic, historic, or tragic

14. Genre - a type or category, in this case, of music

15. Crossover A song that starts in one musical genre and becomes popular in another genre

16. Twang : when singing, sounds made through the nose; a characteristic of early country music george_strait-twang.mp3 Click here to listen to the sound of TWANG Hint: in the new page, click on the “play” button in the upper left hand corner

17. Yodel - a form of singing where the voice changes quickly between the normal voice and a very high sound (falsetto) Click here to listen to someone yodel

18. Cover - a recording of a song that was first recorded by somebody else

19. The Grand Ole Opry (1) a place; a theater in the American South (Tennessee) that produces live country music shows (2) a weekly country music radio program

20. Roots of Country Music

21. Sources of Country Music Trains Church Singers Fiddlers Square Dancing Banjo Players Singing Cowboys Steamboats Folk Singers Fiddlers

22. Instruments of Country Music

23. Guitar Fiddle Bass Mandolin Steel guitar Banjo

24. Banjo

25. Fiddle

26. Mandolin

27. Guitar

28. Steel Guitar

29. Bass

30. Types of Country Music

31. Hillbilly Singing Cowboy Honky Tonk Rock - A - billy Blue grass Nashville Sound Neo- Country Country Music Genres

32. 土包子 Hillbilly Country music from Texas and Oklahoma; rough, loud and often including yodeling

33. Singing Cowboy

34. A type of country music first played in noisy [ 热闹的 ] bars; often included a piano Honky-tonk

35. 猫王 Rockabilly a blend of black music and country music; part of the roots of rock and roll

36. Bluegrass A type of country music played at a rapid speed on banjos and guitars

37. Country music that includes elements of popular music; broadcast on radio & TV out of Nashville, Tennessee The Nashville Sound

38. Modern country music that takes its inspiration from traditional country artists Neotraditional Country

39. Country Music’s Place in Time

40. Timeline

41. Hillbilly 1922 1941

42. 1935 Singing Cowboys 1955

43. 1941 Honky Tonk 1955

44. 1954 1960 Rockabilly

45. 1940 Bluegrass Present …

46. Present … Nashville Sound 1958

47. 1980 Present … Neotraditional

48. Country music IS the people's music ! Appendix

49. Word List Country music Twang Banjo Hillbilly Composer Yodel Bass Singing Cowboy Lyrics Genre Mandolin Honky-tonk Lyricist Cover Guitar Rockabilly Ballad Grand Ole Opry Steel Guitar Bluegrass Crossover Instruments Fiddle Nashville Sound Neo-traditional In this presentation all vocabulary words appear in yellow

50. Hillbilly 1922 - 1941 Singing Cowboys 1935 - 1955 Bluegrass 1940 - Present Honky-tonk 1941 - 1955 Rockabilly 1954 - 1960 Nashville Sound 1958 - Present Neotraditional 1985 - Present Timeline

51. Anderson, S. E. [compiled by] (2003). The quotable musician: from Bach to Tupac . New York, NY: Allworth Press Tribe , I. M. (2006). Country: a regional exploration. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press References