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Folk music and Frank Proffitt

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Difference between Folk music and Frank Proffitt

Folk music vs. Frank Proffitt

Folk music includes both traditional music and the genre that evolved from it during the 20th century folk revival. Frank Noah Proffitt (June 1, 1913 – November 24, 1965) was an Appalachian old time banjoist who preserved the song "Tom Dooley" in the form we know it today and was a key figure in inspiring musicians of the 1960s and 1970s to play the traditional five-string banjo.

Similarities between Folk music and Frank Proffitt

Folk music and Frank Proffitt have 7 things in common (in Unionpedia): Alan Lomax, Appalachia, Appalachian dulcimer, Banjo, Folk music, Newport Folk Festival, Old-time music.

Alan Lomax

Alan Lomax (January 31, 1915 – July 19, 2002) was an American ethnomusicologist, best known for his numerous field recordings of folk music of the 20th century.

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Appalachia

Appalachia is a cultural region in the Eastern United States that stretches from the Southern Tier of New York to northern Alabama, Mississippi and Georgia.

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Appalachian dulcimer

The Appalachian dulcimer (many variant names; see below) is a fretted string instrument of the zither family, typically with three or four strings, originally played in the Appalachian region of the United States.

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Banjo

The banjo is a four-, five- or six-stringed instrument with a thin membrane stretched over a frame or cavity as a resonator, called the head.

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Folk music

Folk music includes both traditional music and the genre that evolved from it during the 20th century folk revival.

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Newport Folk Festival

The Newport Folk Festival is an American annual folk-oriented music festival in Newport, Rhode Island, which began in July 1959 as a counterpart to the previously established Newport Jazz Festival.

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Old-time music

Old-time music is a genre of North American folk music.

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Folk music and Frank Proffitt Comparison

Folk music has 609 relations, while Frank Proffitt has 22. As they have in common 7, the Jaccard index is 1.11% = 7 / (609 + 22).

References

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