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James Elroy King (September 9, 1958 – May 19, 2016) was an American bluegrass music singer, and musician. [1] Tom T. Hall dubbed King the "Bluegrass Storyteller", for his ability to infuse his story songs with emotion and authenticity.
Bluegrass music is a genre of American roots music that developed in the 1940s in the Appalachian region of the United States. [ 1] The genre derives its name from the band Bill Monroe and the Blue Grass Boys. [ 2] Like mainstream country music, it largely developed out of old-time music, though in contrast to country, it is traditionally ...
Banjo roll. Forward roll on G major chord in both standard notation and banjo tablature, accompaniment pattern characteristic of Scruggs style [1] Play ⓘ. In bluegrass music, a banjo roll or roll is a pattern played by the banjo that uses a repeating eighth-note arpeggio – a broken chord – that by subdividing the beat 'keeps time'.
The bluegrass mandolin style. The mandolin has been a core instrument in bluegrass music from the beginning, along with guitar, fiddle, banjo, upright bass, and sometimes dobro . In the performance of bluegrass music, each instrument has a specific part to play. The mandolin fills three roles at different times during a tune.
Scruggs style is the most common style of playing the banjo in bluegrass music. It is a fingerpicking method, also known as three-finger style. It is named after Earl Scruggs, whose innovative approach and technical mastery of the instrument have influenced generations of bluegrass banjoists ever since he was first recorded in 1946.
G run in G [1] Play ⓘ. In bluegrass and other music, the G run ( G-run ), or Flatt run [1] (presumably after Lester Flatt ), is a stereotypical ending used as a basis for improvisation on the guitar. It is the most popular run in bluegrass, the second being "Shave and a Haircut". [1] The best known version, above, is a slight elaboration of ...
High Country Snows is the ninth album by American singer-songwriter Dan Fogelberg, released in 1985 (see 1985 in music). This album was a seminal part of Progressive Bluegrass , or "Newgrass", and featured many bluegrass star players.
A guitar player since the age of 5, his music spans several genres, including country, Americana, bluegrass, and folk. As a teen, Camp learned to play the fiddle and his first job in Nashville was ...