Country Music - Honky-Tonk

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Country Music: Drumming Honky-Tonk

Honky-Tonk is the most familiar style in

country music for many listeners. Driven by acousic guitars, fiddles, steel guitars, and high vocals. Honky-tonk has stayed relatively the same in style over the years. The only notable change occurred with the evolution of the Bakersfield Sound. This style of honky-tonk featured the addition of telecaster guitars, and a change in singing style. The vocals became clean and ringing different from the traditional Nashville sound. The Bakersfield sound became the most influential country style of the 60s.

Listening List: Ernest Tubb The first to popularize the genre Hank Thompson Dick Curless Lefty Frizzle Carl Smith

1) Slow, swing the 8th notes. Non-resonating bass drum.

2) The most common beat for medium and fast tempos.

3) An example of a simple fill (to accompany the previous beat) to play every 16 bars or so. Bass drum and snare equal in volume.

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