Country music began to evolve in the 1930s, influenced by Western swing, jazz and Gene Autry’s cowboy films. Bob Nolan composed Tumblin’ Tumbleweeds – a hit for Autry and Roy Rogers that became an iconic tune for The Sons of Pioneers as well. In the Plains and Appalachians, music evolved to a “hillbilly” style led […]
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Electronic music is a genre of music that fuses sound-producing instruments with electronic devices. This technique was employed by composers to achieve many different results and has had an immense effect on musical history. Electronic music began in the early 20th century and has evolved ever since. This genre includes songs utilizing synthesizers, computers, signal
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The Glass Armonica was a revolutionary instrument invented by Benjamin Franklin. It was based on the idea that when you rub your finger around a glass rim, it creates music. He made his instrument by fitting a series of glass bowls that vibrate at different pitches used in Western scales into a rod with rotating
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