【美语咖啡屋】 兰草音乐（上）

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Jody
Yang Chen
Bob CarlinAnd I'm Jody. Welcome to American cafe, where you can meet everyday Americans at work and at play.  So, come on in and grab a good seat by the window and join us for American Cafe.
That's right.  One's a musician and one's a dancer.  And they have something in common - they both love bluegrass music!
Yang Chen, did you hear how fast they are playing?  It is simply incredible!
Yang Chen, let's first introduce Bob Carlin, a musician we met at a cultural festival and let him describe this very American type of music; bluegrass.
Bluegrass is a form of music in its strictest definition. It's a band of fiddle, or violin, mandolin, five-string banjo, which is an American invention from an African instrument, and, uh, the guitar and string base. And that's the classic bluegrass band.
That's a great idea.  First he mentions the fiddle, or violin.
Very clever.  Then there's the mandolin.
Next is the five-string banjo.  It is the most important instrument in bluegrass music.  What you hear in the background, in fact, is an example of banjo music.
Then there's the guitar.
Finally, Yang Chen, there's the string bass.
What separates this from other music groups is that they play in a style that was pioneered by Bill Monroe back in the 1940s.  And, um, it's a music that takes its cue or its roots from earlier forms of American string band music, country music and incorporates, uh, some ideas out of jazz, like soloing.