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Rock muisic is a genre o popular muisic that developit durin an efter the 1960s, pairticularly in the Unitit Kinrick an the Unitit States. It haes its ruits in 1940s an 1950s rock an roll, itsel hivily influencit bi rhythm an blues an kintra muisic.[1] Rock muisic drew strangly on a nummer o ither genres sic as blues an fowk, an incorporatit influences frae jazz, classical an ither muisical soorces an aw.[2]
Rock muisic | |
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Stylistic oreegins | Rock an roll, electric blues, jazz, fowk muisic, kintra, blues, rhythm an blues, soul muisic |
Cultural oreegins | 1950s an 1960s, Unitit Kinrick an Unitit States |
Teepical instruments | Vocals, electric guitar, bass guitar, acoustic guitar, drums, synthesizer, keyboards |
Derivative forms | New Age muisic – Synthpop |
Subgenres | |
Alternative rock – Art rock – Baroque pop – Beat muisic – Britpop – Emo – Experimental rock – Garage rock – Glam rock – Grindcore – Group Sounds – Grunge – Hard rock – Heartland rock – Hivy metal – Instrumental rock – Indie rock – Jangle pop – Krautrock – Madchester – Post-Britpop – Pouer pop – Progressive rock – Protopunk – Psychedelia – Punk rock – Rock noir – Soft rock – Southern rock – Surf – Symphonic rock | |
Fusion genres | |
Aboriginal rock – Afro-rock – Anatolie rock – Bhangra rock – Blues rock – Kintra rock – Flamenco-rock – Fowk rock – Funk rock – Glam punk – Indo-rock – Industrial rock – Jazz fusion – Pop rock – Punta rock – Raga rock – Raï rock – Rap rock – Rockabilly – Rockoson – Samba-rock – Space rock – Stoner rock – Sufi rock | |
Regional scenes | |
Argentinae – Armenie – Australie – Belaroushie – Belgium – Bosnie an Herzegovina – Brazil – Canadae – Chile – Cheenae – Colombie – Cuba – Croatie – Denmark – Dominican Republic – Ecuador – Estonie – Finland – France – Greece – Germany – Hungary – Iceland – Indie – Indonesia – Ireland – Israel – Italy – Japan – Spainyie-speakin warld – Latvie – Lithuanie – Malaysie – Mexico – Nepal – New Zealand – Norawa – Pakistan – Peru – Philippines – Poland – Portugal – Roushie – Serbie – Slovenie – Spain – Swaden – Swisserland – Tatar – Thailand – Turkey – Ukraine – Unitit Kinrick – Unitit States – Uruguay – SFR Yugoslavie – Zambie | |
Ither topics | |
Backbeat – Rock opera – Rock band – Hall of Fame – Social impact – Leet o rock muisic terms |
Muisically, rock haes centred aroond the electric guitar, uisually as pairt o a rock group wi bass guitar an drums. teepically, rock is sang-based muisic uisually wi a 4/4 time signatur utilizin a verse-chorus form, but the genre haes acome extremely diverse an common muisical characteristics are difficult tae define.[3] Lik pop muisic, leerics aften stress romantic luve but address a wide variety o ither themes that are frequently social or poleetical in emphasis an aw. The dominance o rock bi white, male muisickers haes been seen as ane o the key factors shapin the themes splorit in rock muisic. Rock places a heicher degree o emphasis on musicianship, live performance, an an ideology o authenticity than pop muisic.
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