Added 9 October 2026
bluegrass
noun
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noun
- A subgenre of country music with roots in Scots-Irish Appalachian folk music, blues, and jazz and characterized by banjos, fiddles, acoustic guitars, dobros, and mandolins; but containing no drums, electric guitars, pianos or other keyboard or wind instruments; using a bass fiddle to carry its rhythm.
Origin
From blue + grass, from the bluish appearance of the massed grass in late Spring.
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