GOKURAKU TOMBO SUNUP MOUNTAIN BOYS KENTUCKY HO-BO BLUE GRACE
honest to goodness 'hot' bluegrass music and fiddle tunes from the hill |
NAGANO
BLUEGRASS
SPECIAL since 1976
The Nagano Bluegrass Special greeted the 36th year this year.
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NEW YEAR JAM SESSION 2012
1/28 sat. 18:30 - 22:30
at Izakaya HANAMI
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Howdy Folks !
Thanks for dropping in.
Take your shoes off and sit a spell.
Check out the official NBS website
and the latest news.
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Tom & Jesse
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Bluegrass is a non-electrified outgrowth of "Old Timey" music.
It is the predecessor of what is commonly called "country" music
today. It is a pattern characterized by a driving, syncopated rhythm which
sustains a forward
musical movement. Instrumentation in Bluegrass is usually standard - guitar,
banjo, mandolin, fiddle and bass - hile
some bands carry dobro. The interplay of the instruments is intricate, with the lead instrument (or voice)
improvising on solo lines that accentuate the downbeat, while the backing instruments accentuate the upbeat
and so create a feeling of syncopation. The forward drive is contributed
mainly by th banjo,whole solo line is itself syncopated, yet at the same
time largely built around the downbeat.
Bluegrass music cannot be separeted from its performers. It is a direct
reflection and function of each individual
member's mannerism. Herein lies the drive that gives power and meaning
to a music as subtly complex as that
performed bｙ NBS bands.
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