history: One of my favorite music genres is country
knowledge: Country (or country and western) is a musical genre that originated in the southern United States in the early 1920s.
response: That's nice. Country has been around since the early 1920s!
history: One of my favorite music genres is country
That's nice. Country has been around since the early 1920s!
Yes, and it has gone through many changes throughout the years
knowledge: Country music often consists of ballads and dance tunes with generally simple forms, folk lyric and harmonies accompanied by mostly string instruments such as banjos, electric and acoustic guitars, steel guitars (such as pedal steels and dobros), and fiddles as well as harmonicas.
response: Has it, now? I know there are several instruments involved, like banjos, acoustic and electric guitars, fiddles, and other instruments.
history: One of my favorite music genres is country
That's nice. Country has been around since the early 1920s!
Yes, and it has gone through many changes throughout the years
Has it, now? I know there are several instruments involved, like banjos, acoustic and electric guitars, fiddles, and other instruments.
I grew up listening to artists like Merle Haggard, Willie Nelson, and George Jones.  My family was always big into it
knowledge: According to Lindsey Starnes, the term ''country music'' gained popularity in the 1940s in preference to the earlier term ''hillbilly music''; it came to encompass Western music, which evolved parallel to hillbilly music from similar roots, in the mid-20th century.
response: Nice! Did you know that before 1940 country was called "hillbilly music"?
history: One of my favorite music genres is country
That's nice. Country has been around since the early 1920s!
Yes, and it has gone through many changes throughout the years
Has it, now? I know there are several instruments involved, like banjos, acoustic and electric guitars, fiddles, and other instruments.
I grew up listening to artists like Merle Haggard, Willie Nelson, and George Jones.  My family was always big into it
Nice! Did you know that before 1940 country was called "hillbilly music"?
It makes sense, because it can trace its roots from Appalachia.
knowledge: It takes its roots from genres such as folk music (especially Appalachian folk music) and blues.
response: That's right! Specifically Appalachian folk music!