| For generations in the United States our culture has | | | | listener to approve of the story.With time there |
| been firmly founded on music. Some of this resource | | | | was less emphasis on the family story line and |
| comes from our various heritages, but there is | | | | the story telling songs became more univeral in |
| always an under current of changes that occur from | | | | content.Today, we enjoy these story telling songs in |
| one generation to the next. A large part of our | | | | our country western music. |
| musical heritage has arrived from the classical music | | | | In a very brief time, the delivery of music has |
| originating in Europe over the past three to four | | | | changed from records to tapes to cassettes to |
| centuries. Most of these classical music composers | | | | compact discs to digital music. In 2005 the digital |
| were intelectually superior. They were also blessed | | | | market in music was 2.7 billion dollars and in 2010 it is |
| with a gift from our creator that most of us don't | | | | estimated to be at 15 billion. These large numbers |
| have that being perfect pitch and the ability to | | | | seem to confirm how important music continues to |
| create melodies that they heard in their minds | | | | be an important factor in our culture. |
| Some of the early music originating in the United | | | | For a good source of digital music go to http: |
| States came from Irish and Scotch immigrants many | | | | Word derivation of the day:"Carte Blanche" Or how |
| of whom settled in the Applacian Mountains. These | | | | did we come to use the phrase "carte blanche"to |
| early songs were "memory" sings that they | | | | mean complete freedom of choice. It has long been |
| remembered from the country of their origin.Many of | | | | the custom for a man of importance to give a |
| them settled in isolated homesteads. with little or no | | | | subordinate blank sheets of paper or correspondence |
| other human contact. Because of this isolation, their | | | | cards with his name signed at the bottom, thus giving |
| inherited music began to change. Early on most of | | | | the subordinate the right to fill in whatever he wished |
| the songs were families stories remembered from | | | | above the signature. Since there is no writing on the |
| one genertion to the next. Each line of the song | | | | paper or card. It's a white paper or or in French |
| would end with a raising of the musical note much | | | | "Carte Blanche". |
| like a question mark. Perhaps this was asking the | | | | |