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Beyoncé's Country

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Exploring Beyoncé's Unique Country Sound

This chapter dives into the significance of Beyoncé using a gut string banjo to represent the deeper roots of country music, tracing its origins to West African and Caribbean influences. Analyzing the harmonic form, it identifies the song as a 12-bar blues and discusses how Beyoncé incorporates blues and early country music elements in her vocals and instrumentation.

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