Aim: How do musicians create a bluegrass jam?Summary: Students learn “Put All Your Troubles Away,” and explore the different parts of a bluegrass jam.Materials: Music Explorers online audioStandards: GA: ESGM2.CR.1, ESGM2.PR.1, ESGM2.RE.1, ESGM3.RE.3, ESGM2.CN.1, ESGM2.CN.2Vocabulary: banjo, bass, fiddle, guitar, jam, lead, mandolinSee Glossary → Sing “Put All Your Troubles Away” Music is one way to…
Genre Overview Bluegrass is a style of American roots music that dates back to the 1700s, when English, Scottish, and Welsh immigrants settled in Appalachia, and brought with them ballads (unaccompanied narrative songs) and reels (dance tunes accompanied by a fiddle). These came together with African American traditions—first the banjo, which came from west Africa,…
Aim: What is the form of a bluegrass song?Summary: Students learn to sing “Uncle Pen” and use movement to identify the different parts of a bluegrass song form.Materials: Music Explorers online material and audioStandards: GA: ESGM2.PR.1, ESGM2.RE.1, ESGM3.RE.3, ESGM2.CN.2Vocabulary: bluegrass, break, chorus, introduction, verse See Glossary → Sing “Uncle Pen” Track 3 – Uncle Pen…
