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Music of Coal

Music of Coal is a science topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand Music of Coal rather than just read about it. In short: Music of Coal: Mining Songs from the Appalachian Coalfields is a 70-page book and two CD compilation of old and new music from southern Appalachian coalfields. The project was produced by Jack Wright and is a benefit for the Lonesome Pine Office on Youth in Wise County, Virginia.

Key takeaways

Music of Coal belongs to science; place it in that map before memorising details.
Learn the definition first, then one example that makes the definition concrete.
Connect Music of Coal to a quantity you can measure, compute or draw — that is where exam questions come from.
Reproduce the core statement of Music of Coal from memory before moving on to harder problems.

Reference excerpt

Music of Coal: Mining Songs from the Appalachian Coalfields is a 70-page book and two CD compilation of old and new music from southern Appalachian coalfields. The project was produced by Jack Wright and is a benefit for the Lonesome Pine Office on Youth in Wise County, Virginia. The songs included cover a range of topics related to coal culture such as mining accidents and black lung disease. Some of the artists are natives of the U.S. coal mining region while others have less direct ties. Both vintage recordings and contemporary music have been combined with detailed liner notes giving context to both the songs and the artists. Musicologist Archie Green adds a "Sanctus" note to Wright's "Introduction." In the preliminary round of nominations for the 50th Grammy Awards the boxed set was under consideration for a number of awards, including, Best Recording Package, Best Liner Notes and Best Historical Album. The compilation did not, however, make it the final round of nominees.

Track listing

Volume one "Down in a Coal Mine (Excerpt)" - 1:25 The Edison Concert Band "Mining Camp Blues" - 2:59 Trixie Smith "Sprinkle Coal Dust on My Grave" - 2:46 Orville J. Jenks "Coal Miner's Blues" - 3:04 The Carter Family "Hard Times in Coleman’s Mine" - 2:36 Aunt Molly Jackson "He’s Only a Miner Killed in the Ground" - 2:35 Ted Chestnut "Coal Black Mining Blues" - 1:13 Nimrod Workman "‘31 Depression Blues" - 2:52 Ed Sturgill "Prayer of a Miner's Child" - 1:51 Dock Boggs "That Twenty-Five Cents You Paid" - 2:25 Sarah Ogan Gunning "The L & N Don’t Stop Here Anymore" - 3:10 Jean Ritchie "Dark as a Dungeon" - 1:55 Merle Travis "Come All You Coal Miners" - 2:21 Reel World String Band "My Sweetheart’s the Mule in the Mines" - 0:22 Mike Kline "Thirty Inch Coal" - 2:36 Hobo Jack Adkins "Black Waters" - 3:38 Jim Ringer "Roof Boltin’ Daddy" - 2:26 Gene Carpenter "Dream of a Miner’s Child" - 2:46 Carter Stanley "Coal Miner's Boogie" - 2:57 George Davis "The Yablonski Murder" - 3:00 Hazel Dickens "What Are We Gonna Do?" - 3:01 Dorothy Myles "Explosion at Derby Mine" - 4:02 Charlie Maggard "Blind Fiddler" - 3:05 Jim “Bud” Stanley "Loadin’ Coal" - 2:29 John Hutchison "Coal Town Saturday Night" - 3:06 Randall Hylton "It’s Been a Long Time" - 3:15 Sonny Houston & Roger Hall "Fountain Filled with Blood" - 3:56 Elder James Caudill & Choir

Volume two "West Virginia Mine Disaster" - 2:48 Molly Slemp "Union Man" - 3:36 Blue Highway "Blue Diamond Mines" - 4:26 Robin & Linda Williams "Set Yourself Free" - :50 Billy Gene Mullins "Redneck War" - 5:22 Ron Short "Sixteen Tons" - 2:32 Ned Beatty "There Will Be No Black Lung in Heaven" - 2:05 Rev. Joe Freeman "Deep Mine Blues" - 3:45 Nick Stump "I’m a Coal Mining Man" - 2:22 Tom T. Hall "Dirty Black Coal" - 4:27 Kenneth Davis "Black Lung" - 3:21 AJ Roach "Coal Dust Kisses" - 4:06 Suzanne Mumpower-Johnson "Coal Tattoo" (Billy Edd Wheeler) - 4:06 Dale Jett "A Strip Miner’s Life" - 3:00 Don Stanley & Middle Creek "Daddy’s Dinner Bucket" - 3:26 Ralph Stanley II "In Those Mines" - 3:43 Valerie Smith "Miner’s Prayer" - 3:14 Ralph Stanley & Dwight Yoakam "Dyin’ To Make A Livin’" - 3:47 W.V. Hill (of Foddershock) "You’ll Never Leave Harlan Alive" - 6:06 Darrell Scott "They Can’t Put It Back" - 2:31 Jack Wright "Which Side Are You On?" - 5:04 Natalie Merchant

References

Further reading/listening "Music of Coal rings so true" by Cheryl Truman, Lexington Herald Leader, October 25, 2007 "CD Celebrates Music from the Coal Mines" by Melissa Block, All Things Considered, NPR, September 3, 2007 Archie Green, Only a Miner: Studies in Recorded Coal-Mining Songs (University of Illinois Press, 1972).

External links Music of Coal, official web site Music of Coal page at the Lonesome Pine Office on Youth

Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with Music of Coal

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what Music of Coal claims or describes in one sentence, then invent the smallest concrete situation in which that sentence is true. In science, the smallest case is usually a single object, a single equation or a single measurement. Check that every symbol or term in your sentence has a meaning in that case.

Example 2 — changing one variable

Take the situation from Example 1 and change exactly one quantity: double it, halve it, or set it to zero. Predict what should happen to Music of Coal before you calculate. Comparing your prediction with the result is the fastest way to find out whether you understand the idea or only the words.

Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about Music of Coal ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of Music of Coal

In research: Music of Coal appears in science research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses Music of Coal in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: Music of Coal is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics 2007 compilation albums, Bluegrass compilation albums, Blues compilation albums, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for Music of Coal outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

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How to study Music of Coal in 20 minutes

Read the reference excerpt below once, without taking notes.
Close the page and write down what Music of Coal means in your own words.
Compare your version with the excerpt and mark what you missed.
Work through the three examples above with pen and paper.
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Frequently asked questions

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Why does Music of Coal matter?

Because it connects several science ideas at once: it gives you a definition you can apply, a quantity you can calculate, and a way to check whether a result is plausible.

How should I study Music of Coal?

Read the excerpt, restate it from memory, then work through the examples and applications listed on this page. The five-step study plan above takes about twenty minutes.

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It gives you a compact reference excerpt plus original lgStudy explanations, examples, applications and study material on Music of Coal.