Nashville sound
subgenre of country music
Nashville sound is a sub-genre of country music. It emerged in the late 1950s. It replaced the dominance of honky-tonk (popular during the 1940s and 1950s).[1]
| Nashville sound | |
|---|---|
| Stylistic origins | Country music, pop music |
| Cultural origins | 1950s Nashville, Tennessee |
| Typical instruments | Guitar, strings, bass, drum, banjo, vocals |
| Derivative forms | Countrypolitan, country pop |
| Other topics | |
| Country musicians – List of years in country music | |
Examples of Nashville sound include Eddy Arnold, Brenda Lee and Patsy Cline.
References change
- ↑ "The Nashville Sound Begins". Living in Stereo. Archived from the original on May 25, 2012. Retrieved Jan 12, 2015.
