bluegrass
bluegrass
Definition
☆ blue·grass (-gras′)
noun
- any of a large genus (Poa) of temperate and arctic forage grasses characterized by a bluish-green color
Etymology: orig. in name of a band led by B. Monroe (c. 1945)
a kind of Southern string-band music characterized by bluesy harmonies, rapid tempos, and an overall high-pitched vocal and instrumental sound
bluegrass
Usage Examples
Converse of object
- play: I shall buy more and learn to play bluegrass.
- include: I had co-founded the club in 1974 and at that time we regularly included bluegrass and acoustic performers in the program.
- hear: As long as we were having fun and getting to hear the best Bluegrass in the world and nobody was losing, who cared!
- promote: I couldn't think of a better way to promote bluegrass than what you are doing here.
Adjective modifier
- annual: A common occurrence in freeze injury is to observe an initial green-up of the annual bluegrass followed by a rapid death.
- traditional: Tony's musical roots, however, are firmly in traditional bluegrass.
- real: There was far more real Bluegrass than last year.
- great: In the second hour there's great old time gospel bluegrass and cardio vascular exercise.
- good: Definitely some of the best Bluegrass I have heard.
- more: Tony Ellis has a new CD, out in March, of more traditional bluegrass.
Modifies a noun
- banjo: We guarantee this book will get you started playing bluegrass banjo.
- picker: He is still one of the hottest bluegrass guitar pickers around.
- mandolin: He was, in turn, replaced by Frank Wakefield, another great bluegrass mandolin master.
- fiddle: I'm not sure how many folks there realized what an outstanding bluegrass fiddle player he is.
- band: Tony has a separate bluegrass band back home which he hopes to bring over on his next visit - a mouth-watering prospect.
- gospel: This weeks show is a treat for all you bluegrass gospel lovers.
Noun used with modifier
- driving: They finished the evening with a hard driving bluegrass number Standing And Looking.
- time: In the second hour we've got bluegrass gospel, cardio vascular exercise and great old time bluegrass music.
- straight-ahead: However, straight-ahead bluegrass is not what the crowd came to hear and not what the band came to play!
- playing: In fact twenty years back just about everybody playing bluegrass had some Jim & Jesse songs in their repertoire.
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