Laura Clark ETE /7/2005
Familiar Term: Acoustic refers to music produced by instruments not amplified electronically.
Genres of Country Music Bluegrass Honky Tonk Country Rock New Country Western Swing Zydeco “Nashville Sound ”
Is a reed instrument with finger boards, or manuals, for both hands, connected by a bellows. Used in Tejano, Zydeco, and Western Swing music.
A plucked stringed instrument Metallic timbres are the product of strings stretched over a membrane of skin, plastic, or parchment.
Known as the resonator guitar Has a metal resonator disc mounted inside the body connected to the bridge.
Essentially the same as the violin One of the primary melodic instruments in traditional country music
Small fretted string instrument plucked with the fingers, a plectrum, or a quill.
A popular folk instrument of the 19th century Provides chordal accompaniments with minimal effort
Also known as the Hawaiian guitar A variant of the acoustic guitar
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