country guitar

Honky-tonk string sound

Country guitar is a style of guitar playing associated with country music, characterized by techniques like chicken pickin', pedal steel bends, hybrid picking, and twangy Telecaster tones.

The style blends elements of blues, folk, and Western swing: He added some country guitar licks to the rock track.

Country guitar can also refer to the instrument itself when set up for this style.

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country, guitar, countries, countrified, countryman, countrymen, countrywoman, countrywomen, countryside

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Known to kids · Mostly American · Timeless · Concrete · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G