"In bluegrass, as in some forms of jazz, one or more instruments each takes its turn playing the melody and improvising around it, while the others perform accompaniment; this is especially typified in tunes called breakdowns. This is in contrast to old-time music, in which all instruments play the melody together or one instrument carries the lead throughout while the others provide accompaniment. Breakdowns are often characterized by rapid tempos, and unusual instrumental dexterity and sometimes complex chord changes. Bluegrass music has attracted a diverse and loyal following worldwide. Bluegrass pioneer Bill Monroe characterized the genre as: "Scottish bagpipes and ole-time fiddlin'. It's Methodist and Holiness and Baptist. It's blues and jazz, and it has a high lonesome sound."" 6 -4 Vince Gill, Alison Krauss & U.S. - High Lonesome Sound http://www.youtube.com/watch... , - Thomas Page

Dobro http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki... , Jerry Douglas http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki... http://www.youtube.com/watch... http://www.youtube.com/watch... , Josh Graves http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki... , 2 -4 The Great Speckled Bird http://friendfeed.com/citizen... - Thomas Page

Fiddle http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki... , Kenny Baker http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki... http://www.youtube.com/watch... , 3 -29 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki... - Thomas Page

Banjo http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki... , Earl Scruggs http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki... http://www.latimes.com/news... Scruggs style http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki... , 4 -7 http://www.dailymotion.com/video... , 5 -14 http://t.co/rDtC4rGI 1 -28 Butch Robins http://youtu.be/PsSTd6lIrok - Thomas Page

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"The High Lonesome Sound" ~ Poor Wayfaring Strangers [ 3339 Roud_number http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki... - Thomas Page