Piedmont blues

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Piedmont_blues
GPTKB entity
Statements (41)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf blues music genre
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:East_Coast_blues
gptkbp:characterizedBy fingerpicking guitar style
gptkbp:culturalOrigin gptkb:African_American_communities
gptkbp:distinctiveFeature alternating thumb bass
melodic fingerpicking
syncopated rhythms
gptkbp:genre gptkb:Chicago_blues
gptkb:Delta_blues
gptkb:Texas_blues
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Piedmont blues
gptkbp:influencedBy folk
country music
ragtime
gptkbp:instrument gptkb:guitar
gptkb:piano
gptkb:saxophone
gptkbp:notableArtist gptkb:Elizabeth_Cotten
gptkb:Blind_Boy_Fuller
gptkb:Blind_Willie_McTell
gptkb:Etta_Baker
gptkb:Rev._Gary_Davis
gptkb:Brownie_McGhee
gptkb:Sonny_Terry
gptkbp:notableFestival gptkb:Carolina_Blues_Festival
gptkb:Piedmont_Blues_Preservation_Society_Festival
gptkbp:notableSong gptkb:Cocaine_Blues
gptkb:Step_It_Up_and_Go
gptkb:Freight_Train
gptkbp:originatedIn gptkb:Piedmont_region
Eastern United States
gptkbp:period 1920s
1930s
1940s
gptkbp:stylisticOrigin gptkb:African-American
gptkbp:subspecies gptkb:Carolina_blues
gptkb:Georgia_blues
gptkb:Virginia_blues
gptkbp:UNESCOStatus gptkb:Representative_List_of_the_Intangible_Cultural_Heritage_of_Humanity_(proposed)
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:The_Blues
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5