Appalachian music

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American folk music regional music tradition traditional music genre

Appalachian music is a traditional American folk style rooted in the rural Appalachian region, known for its ballads, fiddle and banjo tunes, and strong influence on later folk and country music.

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Label Occurrences
Appalachian folk music 1
Appalachian music canonical 1
Appalachian music performances at Mountain Arts Center 1

Statements (61)

Predicate Object
instanceOf American folk music ⓘ
regional music tradition ⓘ
traditional music genre ⓘ
associatedWith coal mining communities ⓘ
religious revivals ⓘ
string band traditions ⓘ
collectionHistory documented by early 20th-century folklorists ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
developedInCentury 18th century ⓘ
19th century ⓘ
hasCharacteristic ballad singing ⓘ
banjo tunes ⓘ
call-and-response patterns ⓘ
close harmony singing ⓘ
dance-oriented rhythms ⓘ
fiddle tunes ⓘ
improvisation ⓘ
oral tradition ⓘ
unaccompanied ballads ⓘ
influenced American folk music revival ⓘ
surface form: American folk revival

Americana ⓘ
surface form: Americana music

bluegrass music ⓘ
country music ⓘ
influencedBy African American musical traditions ⓘ
British folk music ⓘ
Irish traditional music ⓘ
Native American music ⓘ
Scottish traditional music ⓘ
language English ⓘ
notableCollector Alan Lomax ⓘ
Cecil Sharp ⓘ
performanceContext barn dances ⓘ
community festivals ⓘ
front porch gatherings ⓘ
religious meetings ⓘ
region Appalachia ⓘ
relatedGenre Celtic music ⓘ
blues ⓘ
gospel ⓘ
string band music ⓘ
rootedIn mountain communities ⓘ
rural communities ⓘ
subgenre Appalachian balladry ⓘ
Appalachian gospel music ⓘ
Appalachian old-time string band music ⓘ
old-time music ⓘ
theme coal mining ⓘ
historical events ⓘ
love and loss ⓘ
murder ballads ⓘ
religion and spirituality ⓘ
rural life ⓘ
work and labor ⓘ
typicalInstrument autoharp ⓘ
banjo ⓘ
dulcimer ⓘ
fiddle ⓘ
guitar ⓘ
mandolin ⓘ
upright bass ⓘ
vocalStyle high lonesome sound ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

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American folk music revival → influencedBy → Appalachian music ⓘ
Billy Ed Wheeler → hasMusicalInfluence → Appalachian music ⓘ
this entity surface form: Appalachian folk music
Ken Burns → notableWork → Appalachian music ⓘ
this entity surface form: Country Music
Misty Moonlight Waltz → partOf → Appalachian music ⓘ
this entity surface form: Appalachian music tradition
Prestonsburg, Kentucky → hasCulturalEvent → Appalachian music ⓘ
this entity surface form: Appalachian music performances at Mountain Arts Center