What's a "breakdown" in country music. There are numeous tunes with that in the name but what's it's meaning.
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most of the time it is a mental break down occasionall a car breakdown... typical country songs lol
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It's always seemed to involve high energy solo, as in bluegrass you have "Earl's Breakdown", Earl Scruggs really shining on the banjo. A show-off feature tune, that's interesting, think I'll see what the dictionary says, if anything.
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Webster's didn't apply it to music, but it seems to make sense. 1,g- break down; to fail, as an insulator from excessive high voltage. 78,a- break into; to interrupt, begin activity. 82,a- begin abruptly; arise. Put those together with the musician's use of the the term "get down" and it all seems to fit. "Jump in and GO!" I hope this helps, I'd wondered about it too, just never thought to question it's origins. Thanks for the adventure in word usage!
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The Bluegrass Breakdown In bluegrass music, a break is a short instrumental solo played between sections of a song and is conventionally a variation on the song's melody. A breakdown is an instrumental form that features a series of breaks, each played by a different instrument. Examples of the form are "Bluegrass Breakdown" by Bill Monroe as well as "Earl's Breakdown" and "Foggy Mountain Breakdown", both of which were written by Earl Scruggs. SOURCE: Wikipedia
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