Old-time music

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Old-time music
Old-time country band The Lotus Eaters perform at the Our Community Place plant sale.
Stylistic origins	North American folk music, Appalachian music
Cultural origins	English, Scottish, Welsh, Irish, French, German, Spanish, African, Native American
Derivative forms	Bluegrass, country, Cajun fiddle
Other topics
American folk music revival

Old-time music is a genre of North American folk music. It developed along with various North American folk dances, such as square dancing, contra dance, clogging, and buck dancing. It is played on acoustic instruments, generally centering on a combination of fiddle (see old time fiddling) and plucked string instruments, most often the banjo, guitar, and mandolin. Together, they form an ensemble called the string band, which along with the simple banjo–fiddle duet have historically been the most common configurations to play old-time music.^[1] The genre is considered a precursor to modern country music.