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18 Cards in this Set
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monophonic texture |
unaccompanied melody |
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homophonic texture |
single melody with simple accompaniment |
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simple pitch content |
major & minor scales (often pentatonic) |
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strophic form |
same melody for each stanza or verse |
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imported ballads |
brought over from Europe by immigrants
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Barbara Allen |
- Frances Child ballad - know the story |
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Jean Ritchie |
Sang "Barbara Allen" - a capella - Kentucky native
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naturalized ballads |
"americanized" ballads |
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native ballads |
ballads of American origin |
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common themes of native ballads |
- crime & punishment (murder & execution) - natural & man-made disasters - huge work projects (hoover dam, eerie canal) |
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Fiddle vs. Violin |
same instrument, played differently |
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reels and hornpipes |
used in fast dance tunes - found in the British isles (England, Scotland, Ireland, Wales) |
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heterophonic texture |
2 instruments play the same melody simutaneously |
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The Wind That Shakes The Barley |
- The Chieftains - binary form/heterophonic texture - fiddles, flutes, pipes |
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HoeDowns |
American versions of the reel & hornpipe tradition
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String Bands |
Before Civil War: solo fiddle After Civil War: fiddle & banjo
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Soldiers Joy (Version 1) |
- group fiddle tune by the Skillet Lickers
Members: Tanner, Puckett, McMichen, Norris |
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Soldiers Joy (Version 2) |
- solo fiddle tune - Tommy Jarrell |
