Country Music
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Country music is a genre of American popular music that originated in Southern United States, in Atlanta, Georgia in the 1920s. It takes its roots from the southeastern genre of American folk music and Western music. Blues modes have been used extensively throughout its recorded history. Country music often consists of ballads and dance tunes with generally
simple forms and harmonies accompanied by mostly string instruments such
as banjos, electric and acoustic guitars, fiddles, and harmonicas.
The term country music gained popularity in the 1940s in preference to the earlier term hillbilly music; it came to Western music, which evolved parallel to hillbilly music from similar roots, in the mid-20th century. The term country music is used today to describe many styles
and sub genres. The origins of country music are the folk music of
mostly white, working-class Americans, who blended popular songs, Irish
and Celtic fiddle tunes, traditional ballads, and cowboy songs, and
various musical traditions from European immigrant communities. In 2009
country music was the most listened to rush hour radio genre during the
evening commute, and second most popular in the morning commute in the
United States.
Country music is a genre of American popular music that originated in Southern United States, in Atlanta, Georgia in the 1920s. It takes its roots from the southeastern genre of American folk music and Western music. Blues modes have been used extensively throughout its recorded history. Country music often consists of ballads and dance tunes with generally
simple forms and harmonies accompanied by mostly string instruments such
as banjos, electric and acoustic guitars, fiddles, and harmonicas.
The term country music gained popularity in the 1940s in preference to the earlier term hillbilly music; it came to Western music, which evolved parallel to hillbilly music from similar roots, in the mid-20th century. The term country music is used today to describe many styles
and sub genres. The origins of country music are the folk music of
mostly white, working-class Americans, who blended popular songs, Irish
and Celtic fiddle tunes, traditional ballads, and cowboy songs, and
various musical traditions from European immigrant communities. In 2009
country music was the most listened to rush hour radio genre during the
evening commute, and second most popular in the morning commute in the
United States.
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