The Melody Web what each genre heard, and what it passed on

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Heard

Bluegrass style · 1946–

Newgrass keeps bluegrass’s acoustic quintet and breakdown virtuosity and opens the book.

Influence
Jazz genre · 1910–

Newgrass keeps the Monroe unit and takes jazz’s extended harmony and solo talk.

Influence
Rock genre · 1964–

Newgrass keeps bluegrass instruments and takes rock’s pulse and album length.

Influence

Newgrass

style · 1971–

Also called progressive bluegrass, new grass

Kind of Bluegrass

1970s progressive bluegrass: Monroe’s acoustic unit plus rock, jazz, and longer forms (New Grass Revival, later Sam Bush). It is a style of bluegrass. Rock and Jazz are the named outside parents. New acoustic and jam-band leftovers stay unfiled. Continuations of the same festival school stay on this node. Empty Given after that check is historical, not a missing child.

Listen

  1. Great Balls of Fire New Grass Revival (1972) YouTube · Spotify
  2. Cold Sailor New Grass Revival (1972) YouTube
  3. Fly Through the Country New Grass Revival (1975) YouTube · Spotify
  4. The Hobo Song Old and in the Way (1973) YouTube · Spotify
  5. Lonesome Fiddle Blues New Grass Revival (1972) YouTube

Passed on

Nothing in the corpus yet that this genre passed on.

Bluegrass → Newgrass

instrumentationperformance practiceform and structurestrength: highscholarly consensus1971–1977oralrecordingpedagogy

Mechanism

Newgrass keeps bluegrass’s acoustic quintet and breakdown virtuosity and opens the book. Strength high.

Evidence

New Grass Revival early-1970s dates; Malone and Grove on the named wing.

Debate

Whether this is only late bluegrass. The name and the festival school make a child.

Mediators

artist: New Grass Revival

Jazz → Newgrass

harmonyphrase and lickperformance practicestrength: mediumwell documented1971–1977oralrecordingpedagogy

Mechanism

Newgrass keeps the Monroe unit and takes jazz’s extended harmony and solo talk. Strength medium. Rock pulse sits on the sibling file.

Evidence

New Grass Revival and related festival players against a I–IV–V default; Malone and Grove on that wing.

Debate

Whether this waits for Béla Fleck. The 1970s named school already opens the changes; later new acoustic is a continuation.

Mediators

artist: Sam Bush

Rock → Newgrass

meter and grooveform and structurestrength: mediumwell documented1971–1977recordingoral

Mechanism

Newgrass keeps bluegrass instruments and takes rock’s pulse and album length. Strength medium. Jazz hops sit on the sibling file.

Evidence

New Grass Revival’s early-1970s rock covers and festival sets; Malone on that opening of the book.

Debate

Whether a cover is already influence. The feel and the set length transfer; the songs are the vehicle.

Mediators

artist: New Grass Revival