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Genres that feature *aggressively* plucked, strummed, or bowed string instruments....

.., notably Bluegrass and other types of Folk music, seem better served by a speaker system that slightly accentuates the leading edges of transients.

Horn speakers are noted for accomplishing this kind of feat very well but a lot depends on the "voicing" of the speakers too, regardless of type.

Acoustic banjos, guitars, fiddles, and even vocalists in Bluegrass/Country style music differentiate themselves, in part, from the sound of similar instruments used in Jazz music (for example) by the signature manner(s) in which players in these different genres "attack" the strings or notes in their respective musical performances.

In Jazz, it often sounds as if the players are slightly softening attacks and prolonging decays while the Bluegrass player tends to do the opposite. A Jazz player and a Bluegrass player might play the same songs with the same instruments but you can tell one player from the other by their signature styles.

It's all about "attitude", you might say...



Edits: 08/18/22 08/18/22 08/18/22 08/18/22 08/18/22 08/18/22

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