Use this History of Music and American Folk Music video entitled Country Music to study how American folk music has evolved from musical forms such as English ballads and field hollers, and given rise to other popular styles of music, such as ragtime, jazz, rhythm and blues, bluegrass, country and western, and rock 'n' roll.
Use this online K 12 History of Music video to discover how American country music evolved from the early settlers hymns and ballards. Discover how everyday life and the environment itself influenced country music's development. Listen to musical excerpts and identify the instruments used, including the accordion, banjo, dulcimer, fiddle, guitar, harmonica, and mandolin.