Anglo Musical Composition & Production

[yankeedoodle]

Upwards of 80% of the most acclaimed musical artists in modern times hail from either the United Kingdom or the United States, and a large portion of the remainder come from Canada and Australia. Purely speculatively, what may be some cultural or historical characteristics that lend themselves towards a musical aptitude in Anglo societies?

Also, can you provide examples of Anglo (from 6th century, forward) or British (prior to 6th century) musical works in times past?

[Harkonnen]

I dunno, but I find Black folks have real nice sense of rhytm and boy can they play the hoops!

[Rouxinol]

The English language. But Spanish is catching up. Worldwide.

[Alcuin52]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kr2LRpx4Uyk

[Larali]

During the 19th-century, song-smiths in southern Appalachia, who had absorbed African rhythms from local slave populations, began fusing these rhythms with elements of celtic folk music, thus forming the basis of the country music genre.

The influence of Celtic folk music in the South began before the start of the American Revolution. As early as 1717, waves of Scots-Irish immigrants were pouring into North America. By 1790, 3 million of these immigrants called America home. The Scots-Irish, also known as Scotch-Irish or Ulster-Scots, were Presbyterian Scots who had previously settled in Ulster as a result of Britain’s plan for a Protestant plantation in Ireland.

Separate waves of Scottish immigration to North America occurred starting in 1725 as a result of the Highland Clearances, while Irish Catholics would not arrive on the scene in great numbers until 1847: a result of the so called ‘famine‘. Despite their ideological differences, these Scottish and Irish immigrants shared a Celtic musical tradition, which employed many of the same techniques for playing, composing and arranging music. These techniques had a profound influence on that ‘country sound’ we are familiar with today.

https://londoncelticpunks.wordpress....merican-music/