Describe how country music fused with rock in the late 1960s.
What will be an ideal response?
Bob Dylan recorded with Charlie Daniels and Johnny Cash; Gram Parsons recorded with the International Submarine Band, the Byrds, and the Flying Burrito Brothers; Country and rock instruments used: strummed acoustic guitars, electric lead guitars, electric bass, honky-tonk piano, drums, and pedal-steel guitar; Songs in triple meter on country-rock albums, rare for rock music, but common in country music, popularity of the waltz as a dance; Linda Ronstadt recorded in a country style with musicians who later formed the Country-rock band the Eagles.
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Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of Romantic period harmony?
A) frequent modulations B) increasing use of dissonance C) wandering tonality D) polychords and polytonality
Which of the following best relates to this composition?
a) it exhibits three kinds of virtuosity: composition, performance, instrumentation b) it exhibits only two kinds of virtuosity: composition and performance c) the only virtuosity relates to performance d) Since this is a rather modest composition, the concept of virtuosity is not especially valid