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Western Classical

Blues

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Easy_listening Easy listening is a radio format that emerged on FM radio in the early 1960s, related to MOR (middle-of-the-road) music as played on many AM radio stations. It encompassed instrumental recordings of standards, hit songs and popular non-rock vocals.

Easy listening

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spiritual_(music)

Spiritual (music)

Spirituals (or Negro spirituals [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] [ 4 ] [ 5 ] [ 6 ] ) are religious (generally Christian ) songs that were created by enslaved African people in the United States.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gospel_music

Gospel

Gospel music is a music genre.

Ragtime

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ragtime Second edition cover of "Maple Leaf Rag."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Country_music

Country

Country music is a genre of American popular music that began in the rural regions of the Southern United States in the 1920s. [ 1 ] It takes its roots from southeastern American folk music and Western music .
Country Music

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Western_music_(North_America) Western music originated as a form of American folk music .

Western Swing

Ragtime

Jazz is a music that originated at the beginning of the 20th century within the African-American communities of the Southern United States . Its roots lie in the African-American adoption of European harmony and form to existing African musical elements. African musical influences are evident in the use of blue notes , improvisation , polyrhythms , syncopation and the swung note . [ 1 ] From its early development until the present day, jazz has also incorporated elements from American popular music . [ 2 ] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jazz

Jazz

JAZZ

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swing_music Swing music , or simply Swing , is a form of American music that developed in the early 1930s and became a distinctive style by 1940.

Swing

A big band is a type of musical ensemble that originated in the United States and is associated with jazz and the Swing Era typically consisting of rhythm , brass , and woodwind instruments totaling approximately 12 to 25 musicians. The terms jazz band , jazz ensemble , jazz orchestra , stage band , society band , and dance band may describe this type of ensemble in particular contexts. [ edit ] Instrumentation

Big Band

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_band
This article is about the musical subgenre . http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Western_swing

Western Swing

Appalachian

Bog Trotters Band (a string band ); Galax, Va. 1937; Dr.