Timeline for Why does most "Country" Music use mostly major and minor plain simple chords?
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| Oct 7 at 15:47 | answer | added | Patrick Hlavinka | timeline score: 0 | |
| Aug 22 at 10:39 | comment | added | Jarek.D | One of the most famous country song "Witchita Lineman" not only deviates from harmonic simplicity but has probably one of the most intriguing harmonies and melodies you'd ever hear in a song | |
| Aug 22 at 9:17 | answer | added | Roman | timeline score: 3 | |
| May 22, 2021 at 14:37 | answer | added | xavriley | timeline score: 3 | |
| May 21, 2021 at 18:28 | answer | added | Dave Jacoby | timeline score: 5 | |
| May 21, 2021 at 17:44 | answer | added | Caleb Snow | timeline score: 5 | |
| Sep 10, 2020 at 14:27 | answer | added | Jean Guy Lemay | timeline score: 0 | |
| Aug 14, 2016 at 1:20 | answer | added | BVD | timeline score: 4 | |
| Jun 10, 2016 at 14:07 | history | edited | Dom♦ |
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| May 2, 2016 at 15:37 | vote | accept | Rockin Cowboy | ||
| Mar 7, 2016 at 4:37 | history | tweeted | twitter.com/StackMusic/status/706700390558011393 | ||
| Mar 6, 2016 at 7:47 | answer | added | Alex | timeline score: 8 | |
| Mar 4, 2016 at 13:02 | answer | added | Simon White | timeline score: 15 | |
| Mar 4, 2016 at 12:26 | answer | added | Laurence | timeline score: 4 | |
| Mar 4, 2016 at 11:04 | comment | added | Dave Halsall | This question feels a bit like saying why does country music sound like country music. A lot of country music is quite anthemic with the stress very much on the vocal melody. Complex harmonies can distract from that, sometimes in a good way but it still changes the character. | |
| Mar 4, 2016 at 8:56 | answer | added | Нет войне | timeline score: 10 | |
| Mar 4, 2016 at 0:47 | comment | added | Rockin Cowboy | @ToddWilcox I only mentioned power chords prominence in Rock to illustrate that certain genres "feature" certain type chords. Country features mostly major chords (and usually in first position). | |
| Mar 3, 2016 at 20:23 | answer | added | Steve | timeline score: 7 | |
| Mar 3, 2016 at 19:56 | comment | added | r lo | Country rarely uses minor chords. Country, Folk and Bluegrass use major chords and sometimes a minor. Why fix what's not broken? It is the sound the originators preferred. If you want more complex harmony, try Western Swing. | |
| Mar 3, 2016 at 19:51 | comment | added | Todd Wilcox | Looking through several online lyric & chord pages for country songs reveals a whole bunch of dominant 7th chords. I would say pop, delta/chicago blues, rock, metal, and punk (at least) have similar or even more simple chords than country. Sure funk and jazz and folk might use more complicated chords more often, but I don't see country as an outlier in chord complexity. | |
| Mar 3, 2016 at 19:23 | comment | added | Todd Wilcox | Aren't power chords less complex than major and minor chords, in that they have no thirds? | |
| Mar 3, 2016 at 19:12 | history | asked | Rockin Cowboy | CC BY-SA 3.0 |