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Meaning of California sound | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

  1. A popular music aesthetic engendered by 1960s pop and rock recording artists from the California area, associated with optimistic youth culture.
  2. Alternative letter-case form of California Sound.
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Examples

“The Beach Boys struck gold with swoony choral harmonies, twangy surf-music guitars and beats cresting like waves on an eternally sunny Pacific shoreline: the “California sound”, as it was dubbed.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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