Country Music と Western Music ってどう違うの？？

　今回は少し長いお話です。
私達は簡単にカントリーソングっと言ってしまいます。 私もです。
またアメリカでも同じように只 Country Music っと書いていますので当たり前の様に為っていますが、本当は Country & Western Music を指しているはずですよね。

　このおぼろげにしか解ってない区別の Country と Western Music を説明している文章を見つけました。

WMA (Western Music Association) の解釈です。

Origin

Country　　　　　　　　　　　　
Deep South (Georgia, Alabama, Tennessee, Kentucky, Carolinas, Virginia)

Western
Southwest and West (Texas, Oklahoma, Montana, Arizona, New Mexico, Colorado, California)

Content

COUNTRY
a) bar songs (honky-tonk)
b) personal/family relationships (often dysfunctional)
c) African-American blues
d) broken relationships (male/female)
e) emphasis on vocal songs
f) love songs (male/female)
g) provincial "hill" music (bluegrass) (acoustic vocal/instrumental)

Western
a) natural (scenic) environment of the west
b) life of the cowboy
c) songs of the range (cattle drives)
d) love songs (male/female)
e) days of the early pioneers
f) dance music (hoedown, two-step, swing, schottische, "Tex-Mex," dances, etc.)
g) vocal/instrumentals, group harmony

Instruments

Country
a) many guitars (electric, acoustic, standard, dobro)
b) fiddle, acoustic, amplified
c) mandolin, acoustic (rhythm, lead)
d) banjo, 5-string
e) bass, acoustic, or amplified
f) steel guitar (emphasizing high range)
g) drums (rock-influenced, loud, heavy)
h) synthesizers
i) piano (honk-tonk style)

Western
a) fiddles
b) steel guitar (pedal, non-pedal)
c) electric lead guitar (and acoustic rhythm)
d) accordion
e) piano
f) brass, winds
g) bass, acoustic
h) banjo, 4-string
i) drums (big-band style)
j) vibes*
k) harp*
l) amplified mandolin (jazz, swing style)*
(* = Western Swing)

Style

Country
Emphasis on vocals, little instrumental music (except bluegrass), contemporary country has heavy use of drums and electric guitars in 4-square rhythms in the style of rock and roll.

Western
Equal emphasis on vocal and instrumental music, and group harmony. Rich variety of acoustic guitars with amplified ones, also with amplified mandolin, acoustic accordion and drums (except in vocal groups, which use bass).

Influences

Country
Scottish and Irish folk music, honky-tonk, bluegrass (Bill Monroe), contemporary "pop" rock and roll

Western
Scottish and Irish ballads,Western swing modeled after big-band arrangements (written, musicians read music), generally acoustic instruments (except for guitars), influences included: African-American blues, Dixie, ragtime, Tex-Mex, jazz, big-band swing, ballroom dancing, and others

Artists

Country
Reba McIntire,Vince Gill,Statler Brothers,Kenny Rodgers,Dolly Parton,Garth Brooks,Merle Travis*,Crystal Gayle*,George Jones,John Anderson,John Conlee,Don Williams,
Dwight Yoakam,Loretta Lynn,Patsy Cline*,Bill Monroe,Ricky Skaggs,Joe Maphis*,Roy Clark(*crossover)

Western
Chris LeDoux,Spade Cooly,Tex Williams,Roy Rogers,Sons of the San Joaquin,Marty Robbins,Gene Autry,Rex Allen,T. Texas Tyler,Trudy Fair,Rosalie Allen,Johnny Western,Don Edwards,Bob Wills,Sons of the Pioneers,Jimmy Wakely,Michael Martin Murphey,Riders in the Sky,Jimmy Bryant ,Speedy West,Herb Remington,Roy Benson,Asleep at the Wheel,Belinda Gail

　如何でしょうか、多分色んな意見が有ると思いますでも、なんか読んでふんふんってなりませんか。

　でもこうやって見ると今中心は Country Music って思いますよね、そうすると Country ってだけ書いているのがあながち間違いでは無いのかも、、、、、でも Cowboy Song って良いですよね。