Bluegrass is a kind of American music from the southern and western United States. It is often fast, and it is played on instruments such as guitar, banjo, and violin (in this music people often say fiddle). Singers join in close, high harmony.

Bluegrass Bluegrass藍草音樂is a kind of American music是一種美國音樂from the southern and western United States來自美國南部和西部。It is often fast節奏通常很快，and it is played on instruments such as guitar, banjo, and violin用吉他、班鳩琴、小提琴這些樂器演奏（in this music people often say fiddle這種音樂裡常把小提琴叫做fiddle）。Singers join in close, high harmony歌手會用緊密、高音的和聲一起唱。

It is not pop country and not the blues: it has its own tight traditional sound, though actually later players have stretched it.

It is not pop country and not the blues它不是流行鄉村樂，也不是藍調：it has its own tight traditional sound有自己緊湊的傳統聲響，though actually later players have stretched it不過後來的樂手也把它拓展開了。

The music takes its name from Bill Monroe's band, the Blue Grass Boys. That name pointed at Kentucky, the Bluegrass State, where a grass grows that can look bluish in late spring. The music word is first found in print in 1956.

The music takes its name from Bill Monroe's band這種音樂的名字來自Bill Monroe比爾．門羅的樂團，the Blue Grass Boys the Blue Grass Boys藍草男孩。That name pointed at Kentucky這個名字指向肯塔基州，the Bluegrass State也就是有「藍草之州」之稱的地方，where a grass grows that can look bluish in late spring那裡長的一種草，晚春時看起來會帶點藍色。The music word is first found in print in 1956這個音樂用語最早在1956年出現在印刷品裡。

Among people who follow American folk, it is a precise style name, not a vague word for "country."

Among people who follow American folk在關注美國民謠的人之間，it is a precise style name這是個精確的曲風名稱，not a vague word for "country."不是拿來籠統代稱「鄉村樂」的字。