Characteristics of country music

Country music is characterized by simple melody, stable rhythm, narrative lyrics, strong local flavor, kindness and enthusiasm without losing popular elements.

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The two most important components of country music are string accompaniment (usually guitar or electric guitar, and often Hawaiian guitar and violin) and singer's voice.

Country music abandons the "electronic" sound (effector) widely used in pop music. Most importantly, the singer's voice is the symbol of country music (folk songs), and the singers of country music are almost all southern American accents, at least rural accents.

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Country music is a kind of popular music with American national characteristics, which rose in the southern United States in the 1920s. It originated from English folk songs and is the representative of American white folk music.

In singing, people used to sing in their own voice at first, mostly in the form of solo or chorus, with guitar, banjo, harmonica and violin. The tunes of country music are generally smooth and beautiful, and the music structure is relatively simple. Most of them are ballads in two or three parts.

Clothing is also more casual, even if you participate in competitions and perform in important occasions in concert halls, you don't have to wear costumes. Jeans, casual clothes, leather straw hats and sneakers are all ok.

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