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  • Know About the Pop And Traditional Country Music

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  • Country music started to become popular in the
    1930s. The origin of the genre can be traced to
    the south of rural the USA.
  • It soon spread to the Eastern, Northern and
    Western parts. The genre became immensely popular
    amongst the music lovers and musicians.
  • Country music was enlivened by singers like
    Taylor Swift and Carrie Underwood in the year
    2000.

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Traditional Country Music
  • The main feature of this music is its simplicity.
    The style originated from the Appalachian
    Mountains.
  • In the area, musical instruments like fiddles,
    banjos and guitars were quite famous.
  • The most popular country style singers of the
    1960s include Willie Nelson, George Jones and
    Johnny Cash to name a few. In the year 2000, Alan
    Jackson gained
  • much popularity as a traditional country singer.

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The traditional country style has been further
divided into the two main categories
  • Western and country Music
  • Pop Country Music
  • Bluegrass

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Western and Country
  • The western and country style came into existence
    when musicians belonging to the Texas and
    Oklahoma used the western themes for creating
    songs.
  • The most popular themes included cowboy themes,
    cattle and horses themes and several others.
    Artists like Gene Autry and Roy Rogers became
    popular during this time.
  • This genre can be accessed on country music radio.

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Pop Country Music
  • The pop country music is traditional. The
    traditional genre is characterized by simple
    songs and is representative of various real world
    issues.
  • Pop country music on the other hand utilizes more
    chords than traditional form of music. For
    writing pop country songs, negative themes are
    usually avoided.
  • Over the years, country music has gained
    popularity
  • and is a preferred choice of many music lovers.

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Bluegrass
  • This genre is representative of acoustic music
    which involves the usage of numerous instruments
    like mandolin, banjo, bass fiddle, acoustic
    guitar and several others.
  • Artists like Bill Monroe and Stanley Brothers
    specialized in this form.
  • The other popular artists include Nickel Creek,
    Ralph Stanley, Allison Kraus etc. listen on
    Country Radio

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