The Influence of Country Music on American Music Culture

White immigrants from Europe have created a kind of music in the United States, and the most influential variety is a country music. Country music is very famous in America, such as western music or western music. In China, the term "western music" usually refers to "European classical music" and should be translated into English. If the United States wants to talk about "western music is you and me", people will think that you want to listen to "country music", not like Beethoven or Mozart. Although country music is called "western music" in the United States, it is not a real home in the western United States, but in Georgia and Tennessee in the southeast and Ohio and Kentucky in the midwest. /kloc-More than 0/00 years ago, the rights at that time: the more developed industry and the culture of New England and new york, the countryside was not only here, but also in the west, so the music production here was called "national music" or "western music". Before and after the independence of the United States, many Scots and Irish immigrated from Britain to the southeast and midwest of the United States to work hard and cultivate. They brought folk songs from Europe. These folk songs are in many families. What they like best is the narration of songs in their hometown. This English song is called "Ballard" (Worship). It is sung in the throat without music accompaniment, rhythm and relative freedom, so that the audience can hear the lyrics roughly so loudly. Folk Songs is the story of Scottish and Irish folk songs and the source of American country music. In the new world after America, Ballard, a folk artist, has changed in order to reflect people's new life. First, music accompaniment was added. The second method is to use the original colorful folk songs to modify the melody, and the voice has changed from a disyllabic word to a word, making the melody more beautiful. Inspired by the gospel songs sung by three black choirs, the three black choirs made richer sounds with a simple harmony of gospel songs. This kind of "folk song" was popular in the United States, Southeast Asia and rural areas in the midwest in the early 20th century, but when it didn't attract people's attention, no one called it "country music". 1922, Victor invited folk artist Ek Robertson to record songs and albums, which was very popular. Companies and other record companies will invite citizens to ask singers to record songs, and radio stations will also ask them to record songs. To emphasize that this song comes from the countryside, they named it "Country Music". From 1922 to 1927, dj's country music has a shorter history than blues and jazz. At first, the country was located in Atlanta Music Center, and then gradually moved to Chicago in the Midwest. In the 1950s, the center was also moved to Nashville, Tennessee. At present, Nashville is not only a national music creation, recording and distribution center, but also a performance-oriented country music playground, where people can not only participate in roller coasters, surfing and other exciting activities, but also enjoy different concerts. In these concerts, country music singers imitate the concerts of stars of different times, and the development history of country music is put in front of the audience. On the surface, every country singer is white. It seems that country music has nothing to do with African music and American music. In fact, country music, like jazz blues, also incorporates all these folk elements. The tools used in country music can be seen.