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Definition of Country music

1. Noun. A simple style of folk music heard mostly in the southern United States; usually played on stringed instruments.

Definition of Country music

1. Noun. (music) A style of popular music that originated in the folk music of the rural population of the southern and western United States. Characterized by twangy guitars, fiddles, banjos and simple melodies. ¹

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Lexicographical Neighbors of Country Music

Literary usage of Country music

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1. Travels to Discover the Source of the Nile: In the Years 1768, 1769,1770 by James Bruce (1813)
"Directions to Travellers for preserving Healths- Diseases of the Country—Music—Trade , 8$c. of ... country— Music ..."

2. Travels to Discover the Source of the Nile, in the Years 1768, 1769, 1770 by James Bruce (1804)
"Directions 1o Travellers for preserving Health—Disee* ses of the Country—Music—Trade, ... country—Music ..."

3. The Speech of Monkeys by Richard Lynch Garner (1892)
"... Thought—Thought and Expression- Expression and Speech—The Vocal Organs and Sound—Speech in City and Country—Music, Passions, and Taste—Life and Reason. ..."

4. Sketches of China: Partly During an Inland Journey of Four Months, Between by John Francis Davis (1841)
"... of conducting mandarin, and reasons—His good-breeding—Noisy boatmen —'Alluvial country — Music described — Building dedicated to summer solstice—Town of ..."

5. Music: A Monthly Magazine Devoted to the Art, Science, Technic and by William Smythe Babcock Mathews (1897)
"The lectures of Thursday consist of a paper by Mrs. Evelyn E. Jones, of Henry, on "The Needs of country music Teachers," and a paper by Mr. A. I). ..."

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