单选题 Country music is actually a very broad category of music, and includes a lot of different kinds of things. Among the things in common, first of all, is the voice of the singer. The way they speak is different, their accent is different from the other Americans from, let"s say New York or Los Angeles, Chicago or other big cities. So the voice of singer contributes to the feeling of country music. In addition, music itself is very different from many other forms of popular music. In terms of the instrumentation, country music uses some instrument that other types of music do not use. Of course they use guitar and also electric guitar and fiddles, which is very common in many forms of music. There are two other aspects that make country music different. The audience, the audience for country music are different from people who like pop music or rap, jazz or other types of music. They are from the rural areas, not from the cities. Country music discussed certain themes in the lyrics of music that are different from what you hear in popular music.
There are basically eight themes of country music. Every country music you hear can be put into one of those eight categories. These categories are: love, and what people call "love gone by" in the other words "lose love"; humor, songs that are funny; then there are songs about partying; regional pride is pride in their city or town or state or the part of the country; and then there is the country life style, that"s No. 6; and very importantly there is the theme of family in country music; finally there is theme that people call God and country, which basically talks about the importance of God or religious beliefs, and also the deep love that many country singers have for their country, that"s the last category. Most people think the last three categories are rather unique for country music. Thinking back on all of the songs that we have heard and we have the collection of country music, most people would say that two biggest themes are probably love and family.