Author Question: How did Maybelle Carter create a new style of playing melody on the guitar? What will be an ideal ... (Read 27 times)

tiffannnnyyyyyy

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How did Maybelle Carter create a new style of playing melody on the guitar?
 
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What are hoedowns and breakdowns?
 
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Answer to Question 1

ANS: She drew on techniques from Anglo-American and African American
musicians to create a unique and highly influential style of playing the melody on the low
strings with the thumb while interspersing chords with the other fingers on the upper strings.



Answer to Question 2

ANS: English and Irish reels that were changed when brought over the America;
they consist of vigorous group dances featuring elaborate instrumental figurations.




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