Comparing Irish music and American music.

Music in the states consists of folk, popular, classical and a little bit of Jazz. In comparison to Irish music, Irish music consists of  mostly that as well except without the Jazz and more Irish dancing. As in previous blogs I have generally mentioned some type of native dance in, well in America history at least the music part of it there isn't really a native dance which is very popular in America. Irish dancing uses very similar instruments from a dance in America (eg country western dance). To compare the instruments that are used in country western dances some instruments used are banjos, drums, fiddle and guitar. The instruments that I listed previously are mainly used in Irish dancing especially the fiddle. While there are some similarities there are also some differences, for example the music genre hip hop uses legs, hands and uses a lot twisting ones body which you won't find in Irish dancing at all,

Origin of American popular music

American pop music began to become known internationally around the 19th and 20th century with styles of music like  R&B, jazz and rock. American music has grown in international popularity due to music stations like BBC radio which broadcast american musicians world wide, I have also said that american pop music is known throughout the world. The first types of music genres to become popular were Jazz and blues, these would be the main foundation of pop music. Jump forward to the 2000s pop music in America was mainly dominated by R&B. Some of the music in America during the 2000s was also influenced by European music . 

The popularity of Rock n roll music spread from America helped in no small way by artists like Bill Hailey and the king of them all Elvis Presley who by his deep soul voice and good looks spawned a following which led to the popularization of rock n roll.. 

I have learned about the history of American pop music and I have done the comparisons between Irish music and American music and listed its Similarities and differences and give a little bit of history on Elvis Presley.

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sources: https://www.graceland.com/elvis/biography.aspx