Maxine Puth 9,053 Posted February 25, 2024 Share Posted February 25, 2024 Which do you prefer? For those of y’all who don’t know much about country, here’s a bit of a summary (although I’m sure someone else could say it better) “Eastern” Country: derived in the 1600/1700s with the mixing of Scots-Irish immigrants and West African slaves mainly in the southern United States. The Scots-Irish brought with them their violins (fiddles) and folk songs, while West African slaves created banjos, an instrument similar to those they would have played in Africa. Eastern country also has rhythm patters that derive from west Africa as well. Many popular folk / country songs from the East consist of both the fiddle and the banjo, and are often more “energetic” compared to Western country. “Western” Country: Derived in the 1800s when American immigrants (along with a large number of Irish immigrants, due to the Irish potato famine) journeyed to newly acquired western lands. Much of these lands had large Latino populations due to Spanish / Mexican expansion, along with many still large native communities such as the Diné/Navajo, and the mixing of these ethnic groups and cultures would create what we know as western country. Western country is often more guitar heavy. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LateToCult 40,895 Posted February 25, 2024 Share Posted February 25, 2024 Whatever this kind is Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maxine Puth 9,053 Posted February 25, 2024 Author Share Posted February 25, 2024 7 minutes ago, LateToCult said: Whatever this kind is Modern country but taste I need to listen to some more Zach Bryan Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheSine 6,170 Posted February 25, 2024 Share Posted February 25, 2024 Western. 💛 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
NUTELLA 7,783 Posted February 25, 2024 Share Posted February 25, 2024 Awesome thread; I know more than I did before. Both are beautiful, but I’m going to go with Western ✅ Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheOriginalOne 10,530 Posted February 25, 2024 Share Posted February 25, 2024 Western country gave us this absolute bop Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RAMROD 108,676 Posted February 25, 2024 Share Posted February 25, 2024 I don't listen enough pure country to actually care. But, I like the ones fusioned with contemporary genres such as pop, rock, hip hop, or dance music. So that includes some popular names such as Cash & Glen Campbell, among others (ﾉ◕ヮ◕)ﾉ✧*:･ﾟ 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥𝘢 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥𝘢 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥𝘢, 𝘥𝘪𝘥𝘯'𝘵 (*´艸｀*) ♡♡♡ Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zaskar 3,916 Posted February 25, 2024 Share Posted February 25, 2024 Dolly Parton is which country? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
faysalaaa 4,347 Posted February 25, 2024 Share Posted February 25, 2024 4 hours ago, Zaskar said: Dolly Parton is which country? Real country, but she does pop country from time to time, and its what shes known for Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oriane 20,760 Posted February 25, 2024 Share Posted February 25, 2024 I came here expecting to discover Chinese country or something like that and I was curious about it, I'm disappointed The only GGD member who can read / Credits to Celloo Deng for the profile pic! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bronco 10,243 Posted February 25, 2024 Share Posted February 25, 2024 6 hours ago, Zaskar said: Dolly Parton is which country? She's done quite a varied selection of country sounds tbf. She started off in country at the time you had "Countrypolitan" which was designed to revive country music sales after the rise of rock'n'roll & was more "pop" than Eastern/Western Country/Honky Tonk & Outlaw Country. These days Dolly is basically every country lol Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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