What is Bluegrass?

Fast, acoustic and virtuosic. Banjo, mandolin, fiddle and upright bass trading solos over a driving off-beat chop.

Country120–180 BPM typical

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Listen for

five-string banjo rolls
mandolin off-beat chop
upright bass
high lonesome harmony

Reference artists

Béla FleckBilly Strings

Anchors rather than an exhaustive canon — if your track sits near these, this is probably the right label.

Usual tempo 120–180 BPM. Sitting outside that range does not disqualify a track; it just makes the tells matter more.

Easy to confuse with

The nearest neighbours in Country, by tempo. If Bluegrass does not quite fit, one of these usually does.

Contemporary Country95–140 BPM
Country songwriting with rock and pop production. Electric guitars, big drums, polished vocals, arena-scale choruses.
Americana / Alt-Country80–130 BPM
Rootsy and unvarnished. Acoustic guitar, fiddle, banjo or dobro, live-room recording and lyric-driven storytelling.