African banjo echoes in Appalachia : a study of folk traditions / Cecelia Conway.

"Throughout the Upland South, the banjo has become an emblem of white mountain folk, who are generally credited with creating the short-thumb-string banjo, developing its downstroking playing styles and repertory, and spreading its influence to the national consciousness. In this groundbreaking...

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Glavni avtor: Conway, Cecelia (Author)
Format: Knjiga
Jezik:English
Izdano: Knoxville : University of Tennessee Press, [1995]
Serija:Publications of the American Folklore Society. New series (Unnumbered)
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505 0 |a Introduction: Griots of piedmont North Carolina and portrait of songster Will Baldwin -- Signifying at the crossroads : African-American traditions of the folk banjo -- The ritual of minstrelsy : some were buffoons, but others were apprentices -- Mountain echoes of the African banjo -- The banjo : its changing form, construction, and use -- The transmission of playing methods and tunings -- The banjo song genre : Dink Roberts' man-against-the-law songs -- Garfield : man against the law, but a man with a community -- Conclusion. 
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