[hoosiermama]

Have a minor in musicology. Rap has it's parallel form in the middle ages. It just uses new electric technology. (Boy were some of their lyrics racy and are just as shocking if you run across any as the lyrics are today)

Bluegrass has more similarities to Bach then to Country Western which is similar to the ballads from the troubadours. Both are placed in the Country genre.

It may shock you, but very little of the music today requires musical aptitude. Electronic and recording has eliminated talent. AN exception to that is the band my son tours with. No electronics, just pure talent. But I digress......

[mrsmel]

It may shock you, but very little of the music today requires musical aptitude.

It doesn't shock me, I have long believed the same thing. (It's one reason, just one, that I love bluegrass and old progressive rock. The talent required for the best of those styles is amazing)