Music Key of Louisiana Resource Page 1

Unit VI Louisiana's Musical Landscape
Lesson 1 Music Around the State: Sound and Place

Key to Louisiana Music Resource Sheet

Listen to some excerpts of music from each part of the state from Louisiana Voices Traditional Music Examples Resource Sheet

Discuss how these selections typify the music of the region. See page 2 for more information about the regions.

IF YOU HEAR...	THEN THE MUSIC IS	TYPICALLY IN
Fiddle, Lead & Backup Guitars, Upright or Electric Bass, Dobro or Steel Guitar, Mandolin, Often Solo Vocals	Old-Time Country	North Louisiana
Accordion, Fiddle, Acoustic Guitar, French Singing, Triangle ('tit fer), Electric Guitar, Bass, Drums, Steel Guitar	Cajun Music	South Louisiana
Accordion, Frottoir (rubboard), Drums, Electric Guitar, Bass, Saxophone, French Singing	Zydeco	South Louisiana
Group Singing, Keyboards, Rhythmic Clapping	Gospel	Entire State
Trumpets, Clarinet, Trombone, Baritone, Saxophone, Banjo	Jazz	New Orleans
Multi-Rhythmic Drumming, Call-and-Response, Singing, Tambourines	Mardi Gras Indians	New Orleans
Unaccompanied Vocals Sung in Spanish	Isleño	St. Bernard Parish
Guitar, Vocals	Country Blues	Mississippi Delta
Electric Guitar, Brass Section, Organ, Drums, Bass, Complex Rhythms	Rhythm & Blues	New Orleans
Keyboard, Guitar, Acoustic Bass, Drums, Rocking Blues-Style Singing, Often Full-Rock Band	Rockabilly	North Louisiana

For a pdf of this page click here.