美国乡村音乐英文PPT

乡村摇滚（Country-rock） The late 1960s in American music produced a unique blend as a result of traditionalist backlash within separate genres. In the aftermath of the British Invasion, many desired a return to the "old values" of rock n' roll. At the same time there was a lack of enthusiasm in the country sector for Nashville-produced music. What resulted was a crossbred genre known as country rock.
酒吧音乐（Honky-Tonk） Another type of stripped down and raw music with a variety of moods and a basic ensemble of guitar, bass, dobro or steel guitar became popular, especially among poor whites in Texas and Oklahoma. It became known as honky tonk and had its roots in Western swing and the ranchera music of Mexico and the border states, particularly Texas, together with the blues of the American South.
早期乡村乐（Early Country） Early country music is derived from the folk music brought by British immigrants in the southern United States in 18th and 19th centuries. However，at that time musicians preferred to play a musical instrument like violin rather than use oral narrative. Country musician John Carson combined these two traditions , in his song " 78" in 1923, which is considered to be the first song of early country music hit singles .
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Early Country 早期乡村乐 Western Swing 西部摇摆 Blue Grass 兰草音乐 Honky-Tonk 酒吧音乐 Rockabilly 乡土摇滚 Country-rock 乡村摇滚 Outlaw 叛道运动 New Country 新乡村音乐
兰草音乐（Blue Grass） As an exquisite , pure , authentic music , it is easy to identify .By the end of World War II, "mountaineer" string band music known as bluegrass had emerged when Bill Monroe joined with Lester Flatt and Earl Scruggs, introduced by Roy Acuff at the Grand Ole Opry (in Nashville of Tennessee).
The influence
Attracts worldwide listeners, remained steady for it. Brings very high profit reaches 400 million dollars a year..

Classification of country music
叛道运动（Outlaw） "After I left Nashville (the early 70s), I wanted to relax and play the music that I wanted to play, and just stay around Texas, maybe Oklahoma. Waylon and I had that outlaw image going, and when it caught on at colleges and we started selling records, we were O.K. The whole outlaw thing, it had nothing to do with the music, it was something that got written in an article, and the young people said, 'Well, that's pretty cool.' And started listening." (Willie Nelson)
Later in the 1990s, country music became a worldwide phenomenon thanks to Billy Ray Cyrus and Garth Brooks.The latter enjoyed one of the most successful careers in popular music history, breaking records for both sales and concert attendance throughout the decade.
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Immigrants to the Southern Appalachian Mountains of North America brought the music and instruments of the Old World along with them for nearly 300 years. Country music is often erroneously thought of as solely the creation of European Americans. However, a great deal of style—and of course, the banjo, a major instrument in most early American folk songs—came from African Americans.
新乡村音乐（New Country）
A method for generalized regression described in the mid-1980s in the form of country music roots . But adding an electric guitar and drums, to make this country music closer to rock pop music. Garth Brooks, Brooks & Dunn, Shania Twain and LeAnn Rimes and other artists have to make piles of inclusion in this directory. It does not adopt the violin, guitar and other instruments , which makes traditional country music separate.
西部摇摆（Western Swing）
During the great depression, some people combined country music with complex jazz rhythms. Bob Wills soon captured the undisputed crown of this type of music . Every night, he had the ability to play with his companions in his best state, which had a profound impact in the history of country music. Other representative man are Milton Brown , Spade Cooley and so on.
One of the most commercially successful artists of the late 2000s and early 2010s has been singer-songwriter Taylor Swift.
vocabulary
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乡土摇滚（Rockabilly） Rockabilly was most popular with country fans in the 1950s, and 1956 could be called the year of rockabilly in country music. Rockabilly was a mixture of rock-and-roll and hillbilly music. During this period Elvis Presley converted over to country music. He played a huge role in the music industry during this time. The number two, three and four songs on Billboard's charts for that year were Elvis Presley, "Heartbreak Hotel"; Johnny Cash, "I Walk the Line"; and Carl Perkins, "Blue Suede Shoes".
American Country Music
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Origin
The southern part of the USA and Appalachia mountainous area, dates back to the1920s.
What is country music about?
The
thoughts of laboring people. Relates to family, finding love, losing love, friendship, cheating, happiness and so on. It played a sound melodious，bouncy, happy or sorrowful.