Country music

 COUNTRY MUSIC


What is the meaning of country music?

                  💜Style of popular music with roots in southern US rural areas. It is a blend of dance songs and ballads, with the fiddle, banjo, guitar, and pedal steel guitar providing the signature sounds.


History of country music?

          💜While its position in American popular music was cemented in the 1920s during the early days of music recording, the fundamental elements of the contemporary country music style may be traced back to music traditions throughout the Southern and Southwestern regions of the country.                                  

 What are the things that describe country music?

                                💜A style and genre of mostly string-accompanied American popular music, country music is described as "typified by romantic or melancholic ballads accompanied by acoustic or electric guitars, usually vocalized, generally simple in form and harmony, and having roots in the folk music of the Southeast and cow boy music of the West."








Why is country music special?

                                          💜During a period of widespread population shifts, the nostalgic bent of country music, with its songs about grinding poverty, abandoned children, broken hearts, and lonely laborers far from home, retained particular appeal.



Why is it called country music?

                      💜The term "country" was coined to imply that this type of music originated in rural America. Rock & roll, jazz, big band, and classical music were all played throughout the city. And then there came country music, the music of the countryside.


Who introduce the country music?

                       💜Vernon Dalhart had the first national country hit in 1924 with "Wreck of the old 97."

 Who listens to country music?

                         💜 Listeners to country music are typically older, conservative Americans who occasionally reside in areas where cattle are used as a proxy for wealth. However, women between the ages of 18 and 24 make up about one-third of Mr. Wallen's fan base, according to music analytics company Chartmetric. 




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