Christian soft rock

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Christian music
Stylistic origins:	A variety of genres evolving from Jesus music.
Cultural origins:	1960s United States
Typical instruments:	Electric guitar, Bass guitar, Drums, Keyboard, Synthesizers
Mainstream popularity:	Continuous from 1990s
Subgenres
Christian alternative rock - Christian bubblegum pop - Christian electronic music - Christian hardcore - Christian hip hop - Christian metal - Christian punk - Christian rock - Christian soft rock - Christian ska - Cprog
Other topics
Christian entertainment industry - Christian girl group - Worship music

Christian soft rock, also referred to as Christian lite rock, Christian easy rock, and Christian mellow rock, is a style of music which uses the techniques of rock and roll to compose a softer, supposedly more ear-pleasing sound for listening, often at work. Like soft rock, Christian soft rock is usually sung with higher-pitched vocals. It replaces the somewhat outdated Christian contemporary music as when CCM first came out, it was less poppy, and more inclined to soft rock.

Christian soft rock differs from soft rock because lyrics focus on God, Jesus or encouraging topics. The genre tends to make use of pianos, synthesizers and sometimes saxophones.

Bands/singers which are considered Christian soft rock include: Bethany Dillon, ZOEgirl, and Avalon.