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Floyd Cramer is known for popularizing a piano technique called the “nudge and shuffle,” which involves a loose, swinging style that uses a shuffle rhythm. This technique is characteristic of the Nashville sound in country music. Cramer’s left hand often outlines chords in steady, walking quarter notes while his right hand plays single-note lines or arpeggios. This technique has been widely emulated by numerous country, pop, and rock pianists.