Editing Hoedown (section)

==Overview==
The most popular sense of the term is associated with Americans in rural or southeastern parts of the country, particularly [[Appalachia]]. It is a dance in quick movement most likely related to the [[jig]], [[reel (dance)|reel]] or [[clogging|clog]] dance. In contest [[fiddle|fiddling]], a hoedown is a tune in fast 2/4 [[time signature|time]]. In many contests, fiddlers are required to play a [[waltz (music)|waltz]], a hoedown, and a "tune of choice," which must not be a waltz or a hoedown (typically it is a [[jig]] or a [[schottische]]).

In [[modern western square dance]], a hoedown is a piece of music used for a [[Caller (dance)#Call types|patter call]] (a call that is spoken or chanted, rather than sung to the tune of a popular song), or the recording that contains this piece of music. In the early days of the Western square dance revival (the 1940s and early 1950s), most hoedowns were traditional fiddle tunes; since the late 1950s, recordings of simple chord progressions, with no discernible melody, have also been sold to [[caller (dancing)|callers]] under the name "hoedown." In the 1940s and early 1950s, the term "hoedown" was sometimes used to mean a call made up of parts of other calls. "Hoedown" was, and occasionally still is, also used to mean a dance party jointly sponsored by several dance clubs or by a federation of clubs.