What instruments are used in country and western?

Answer 1

There are acoustic, electric, and steel Guitars, fiddles, sometimes drums, and violins. For some songs there is an orchestra, with many different strings. There is also, of course, singing.

Answer 2

There are, of course traditions, and some are more flexible than others. in the Bluegrass school of C&W, (for example Dueling Banjos) only acoustic instruments are allowed and often there is extremely skillful musical artistry akin to instrumental jazz, Hot licks, or instrumental breaks without singing, are common. The use of the Older types of (Wood Hull) Steel Guitar such as the Lap Steel is common. The fiddle, Mandolin and sometimes high-toned tenor guitar carry the (Top end) rhythm is important but many (not all ) true country groups eschew drummers. Musicians and singers often double on more than odd instrument, like Cyndi Lauper on an sort of instrumental with a steel guitar in (All through the Night) Rather like the (All Saints) tradition(borrowed from New Orleans jazz)- Song smight start out in low gear but nearly always pick up temp in the third or last verse- Ms Lauper really pours on the Coal inthe last verse of (All throught the Night) -some C& w is really a rural form of Improvised jazz, but generally eschews drumming, as did the (Folk Rock) used inthe Folk Masses in the R.C. church up to the early seventies.

Answer 3

Typically, in a traditional country band, there are a fiddle, steel guitar, drums, uprightbass or bass, acoustic guitar and Electric Guitar. Sometimes a Mandolin or harmonica is added for different sounds
It depends on the artist and his/her preferences. For example: Waylon Jennings used trumpets, saxaphones, many types of Guitars, steel guitar, drums, violins, mandolins, piano, electric keyboard. Michael Martin Murphey used a symphony orchestra.

Answer 4

At least one guitar is essential in Country Music. Country music can also include drums (percussion) a banjo, a fiddle, a bass guitar and a keyboard. The banjo and fiddle are usually associated with only country or bluegrass music but are not always used.

Answer 5

Country music features a wide variety of Musical Instruments. If you listen to traditional country music, you will hear guitar, banjo, fiddle, mandolin, and maybe even a harmonica. Country music has changed over the years and so has the instruments being used. The country music genre has become more and more mainstream, bringing in sounds from other genres of music, including pop and rock. If you listen to mainstream country music, you will hear a variety of guitars, including acoustic, bass, and electric, as well as drums, and piano. Country music hasn't completely abandoned its traditional sound though, so you will still hear the fiddle and banjo on mainstream country radio, it's just not as prominent as it once was.

Answer 6

Guitars(both electric and acoustic), fiddles, drums, banjos, all sorts

Answer 7

guitar, Clarinet, Trumpet, piano maybe,.... harp, anything yo like within aesthetic reason really.

Answer 8

Accordion

Autoharp

Banjo

Bass

Dobro

Drums

Guitar

Harmonica

Answer 9

Mainly guitars and sometimes banjos