BLUEGRASS


Meaning of BLUEGRASS in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ -ˌgras ]

noun

Date: 1751

1. : any of several grasses (genus Poa ) of which some have bluish-green culms ; especially : Kentucky bluegrass

2.

[from the Blue Grass Boys, performing group, from Bluegrass state, nickname of Kentucky]

: country music played on unamplified stringed instruments (as banjo, fiddle, guitar, and mandolin) and characterized by free improvisation and close usually high-pitched harmony

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