Roots

Any music that follows pre-commercial musical traditions. These traditions may include instrumentation, tunings, voicings, phrasing, subject matter, etc, and even production methods. Most importantly, roots music follows the traditional purpose

Any music that follows pre-commercial musical traditions. These traditions may include instrumentation, tunings, voicings, phrasing, subject matter, etc, and even production methods. Most importantly, roots music follows the traditional purpose or spirit.^{[citation needed]} The phrase "roots music" is most often used in the context of "American roots music", a broad category that includes early blues, American folk music, country/bluegrass, etc. ^{[citation needed]}