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2. WHAT IS MUSIC vocal or instrumental sounds (or both) combined in such a way as to produce beauty of form, harmony, and expression of emotion. "couples were dancing to the music" the written or printed signs representing vocal or instrumental sound2 KIM M. ALABASTRO 3. Country musicjazz rock3 KIM M. ALABASTRO 4. COUNTRY MUSICa form of popular music originating in the rural southern US. It is traditionally a mixture of ballads and dance tunes played characteristically on fiddle, guitar, steel guitar, drums, and keyboard .4 KIM M. ALABASTRO 5. JAZZa music genre that originated at the beginning of the 20th century, arguably earlier, within the AfricanAmerican communities of the Southern United States5 KIM M. ALABASTRO 6. ROCKa genre of popular music that originated and evolved in the United States during the late 1940s and early 1950s, primarily from a combination of AfricanAmerican genres such as blues, jump blues, jazz, and gospel music, together with Western swing and country music6 KIM M. ALABASTRO 7. MUSICAL INSTRUMENTSGUITARa stringed musical instrument with a fretted fingerboard, typically incurved sides, and six or twelve strings, played by plucking or strumming with the fingers or a plectrum.7 KIM M. ALABASTRO 8. PIANO8 KIM M. ALABASTROa large keyboard musical instrument with a wooden case enclosing a soundboard and metal strings, which are struck by hammers when the keys are depressed. The strings' vibration is stopped by dampers when the keys are released, and it can be regulated for length and volume by two or three pedals. 9. DRUMS percussion instrument sounded by being struck with sticks or the hands, typically cylindrical, barrel-shaped, or bowl-shaped with a taut membrane over one or both ends.9 KIM M. ALABASTRO 10. MUSIC IN NATURE10 KIM M. ALABASTRO