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Kneel for an English introduction to American country music.

Country music is a kind of popular music with American national characteristics.

Country music is a kind of popular music with American national characteristics. )

Originated in the southern United States in the1920s.

(It rose in the southern United States in the 1920s. )

Its roots come from English folk songs, and it is the representative of American white folk music.

Its roots come from English folk songs, and it is the representative of American white folk songs. )

Country music is characterized by simple melody, stable rhythm and strong narrative.

Country music is characterized by simple melody, stable rhythm and strong narrative. )

With a strong local flavor, it is warm and warm without losing the popular elements.

(with a strong local flavor, cordial and enthusiastic without losing the popular elements. )

Most of them are ballads, two parts or three parts.

(Most of them are folk songs, two-part or three-part forms. )

Extended data

Origin: This name appeared in the United States in the 1920s, with a wide origin. At that time, the content of songs, in addition to expressing work and life, hated lonely and wandering life, yearned for a warm and peaceful home, and sang sweet love and the pain of lovelorn.

From 65438 to 0925, a radio station was established in Nashville, Tennessee, USA. They started a column program called "Past Opera-Villagers' Voice". An 8 1 year-old folk singer named Jamie Thompson was invited to sing, and the program was warmly welcomed by the audience.

Since then, people have collectively referred to this kind of music as "country music". Country music has become one of the favorite music forms of American working people. In America, "blue collar" refers to the lower class, so this kind of music is also called "blue collar music".

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