Country

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=== Q2: What other musical genres influence country and what musical genres has country influenced? ===

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Country Music was inspired by the music of Africans.
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A2: Country Music was influenced by Traditional Folk, Celtic, Gospel and Old Time Music.
== A3: After going around to people at SLA we came up with very different opinions and points of view on the specific genre. Among all the people we asked people think that its very relaxing and they can really relate to what the songs say and the message they are trying to get across to their audiences. Some also though of it as boring and annoying, this was mostly seen among people who dont really listen to it that often. For some people it made them wanna move around and dance. As you can see the view points were very different and varied among all the people we asked. ==

A4: Over time its named changed, it use to be known as Hillbilly Music but changed to Country Music because the term Hillbilly seemed degrading to people.
== A5: The genre of country includes Sub genres such as Bakersfield Sound, Bluegrass, Close Harmony, Honky Tonk, Jug Band, Lubbock Sound, Nashville Sound, Neotraditional Country, Outlaw Country, Red Dirt, Texas Country. Country also includes Fusion Genres these include Alternative country,Country blues,Country rock, Psychobilly, Rockabilly, Gothabilly ,Cowpunk, Country-rap, Country pop, Country soul,Southern soul, and Western swing ==

A7: The typical instruments used in country are the Guitar, Fiddle, Steel-guitar, Piano, Dobro, Harmonica, Bass, Drums, Mandolin, Banjo, Vocals, & Double Bass.
== A8: Country now a days is being influenced by different people of all ages. These include Reba McIntire,Blake Shelton,Tim Mcgraw. They also include Carrie Underwood,Taylor Swift representing for the younger side of this genre ==

=Samples: = =media type="file" key="13 Take Me Away From Here.mp3" width="240" height="20" align="center"Take Me Away From Here- Tim Mcgraw = = = = = =media type="file" key="Before He Cheats.mp3" width="240" height="20" align="center" Before He Cheats- Carrie Underwood =

=media type="file" key="13 Taylor Swift - Love Story (Pop Edit).mp3" width="240" height="20" align="center"Love Story- Taylor Swift = =media type="file" key="17 Íåèçâåñòíûé5.mp3" width="240" height="20" align="center"Invisible - Reba = =Inspiring: = ==One of the most evident things that country has inspired is fashion. From Daisy Dukes, to cowboy hats and bandanas, country inspired fashions have been hitting the runway. Designers like Chloé and D&G have taken great inspiration from the frilly frocks and chunky boots. ==

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"Top 20 Chart." Great American Country (2010): n. pag. Web. 13 May 2010. .
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