Piedmont blues

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blues style music genre

Piedmont blues is an East Coast acoustic blues style characterized by a distinctive fingerpicking guitar technique and a ragtime-influenced, syncopated rhythm.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
Mississippi blues	1

Statements (53)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	blues style ⓘ music genre ⓘ
characteristicRhythm	ragtime-influenced rhythm ⓘ syncopated rhythm ⓘ
characteristicTechnique	fingerpicking guitar ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
culturalOrigin	African Americans in the southeastern United States ⓘ
developedInPeriod	early 20th century ⓘ
distinctFrom	Delta blues NERFINISHED ⓘ
distinctiveFeature	complex syncopation ⓘ danceable feel ⓘ ragtime-based chord progressions ⓘ
guitarTechnique	alternating bass pattern ⓘ forefinger plays melody ⓘ piano-like texture on guitar ⓘ thumb plays bass strings ⓘ
influencedArtist	Ry Cooder NERFINISHED ⓘ Stefan Grossman NERFINISHED ⓘ Taj Mahal NERFINISHED ⓘ
influencedGenre	East Coast blues NERFINISHED ⓘ country music ⓘ folk revival music ⓘ
instrumentation	acoustic guitar ⓘ harmonica ⓘ voice ⓘ
lyricalTheme	everyday life ⓘ love ⓘ travel ⓘ work ⓘ
musicTradition	African-American music ⓘ
notableArtist	Barbecue Bob NERFINISHED ⓘ Blind Blake NERFINISHED ⓘ Blind Boy Fuller NERFINISHED ⓘ Brownie McGhee NERFINISHED ⓘ Curley Weaver NERFINISHED ⓘ Elizabeth Cotten NERFINISHED ⓘ Etta Baker NERFINISHED ⓘ Josh White NERFINISHED ⓘ Reverend Gary Davis NERFINISHED ⓘ Sonny Terry NERFINISHED ⓘ
peakPeriod	1920s ⓘ 1930s ⓘ 1940s ⓘ
region	East Coast of the United States NERFINISHED ⓘ Piedmont region of the United States NERFINISHED ⓘ
relatedGenre	Delta blues NERFINISHED ⓘ Texas blues ⓘ
stylisticOrigin	country blues ⓘ folk music ⓘ gospel music ⓘ ragtime ⓘ
typicalTempo	medium tempo ⓘ up-tempo ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

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Sonny Terry → genre → Piedmont blues ⓘ

White Station, Mississippi, United States → hasCulturalAssociation → Piedmont blues ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mississippi blues