country music
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Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1) - Cite This Source - Share This
country music
–noun
| a style and genre of largely string-accompanied American popular music having roots in the folk music of the Southeast and cowboy music of the West, usually vocalized, generally simple in form and harmony, and typidied by romantic or melancholy ballads accompanied by acoustic or electric guitar, banjo, violin, and harmonica. |
[Origin: 1965–70
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American Heritage Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
| country music
n. Popular music based on the folk style of the southern rural United States or on the music of cowboys in the American West. Also called country and western. |
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| country music | |
noun | |
| a simple style of folk music heard mostly in the southern United States; usually played on stringed instruments |
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