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Ryman Auditorium, the "Mother Church of Country Music" Harlan Howard stated "Country music is three chords and the truth." The term country music is used today to describe many styles and subgenres. The term country music gained popularity in the 1940s in preference to the earlier term hillbilly music.
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Country music often consists of ballads and dance tunes with generally simple forms and harmonies accompanied by mostly string instruments such as banjoes, electric and acoustic guitars, fiddles such as violins, and harmonicas. It takes its roots from Western cowboy and folk music. Rock and roll, dansband, roots rock, southern rock, heartland rockīakersfield sound - Close harmony - Honky tonk - Jug band - Lubbock sound - Nashville sound - Neotraditional country - Outlaw country - Red Dirt - Western swing - Texas countryĪlternative country - Country rock - Psychobilly - Rockabilly - Gothabilly - Cowpunk - Country-rap - Country pop - Country soul - Southern soulĬountry musicians - List of years in country musicĬountry music is a popular American musical style that began in the rural Southern United States in the 1920s. Low in Asia, Africa, Latin America and mainland Europe. Medium in United Kingdom, Ireland, Scandinavia and New Zealand High in Australia, Canada, South Africa (Afrikaners), Brazil and the US, Guitar - Bass - Electric bass guitar - Dobro - Electric guitar - Steel guitar - Pedal steel guitar - Mandolin - Banjo - Double bass - Fiddle - Piano - Electronic keyboard - Drums - Harmonica - Vocals
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Appalachian folk music, maritime folk music, blues, bluegrass, gospel, anglo-celtic music, old-time musicĮarly 20th century Atlantic Canada and the Southern United States