History of Rock Music

Rock music is a popular music genre that began to be known in general in the mid 50's. The roots come from rhythm and blues, country music from the 40's and 50's and various other influences. Furthermore, rock music also takes style from a variety of other music, including folk music, jazz and classical music.

Rock music is one of the genres in the world's popular music treasures that are usually dominated by vocals, guitar, drums, and bass. many also with the addition of instruments such as keyboard, piano or synthesizer. Rock music usually has a strong beat and is dominated by guitar, both electric and acoustic.

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Typical sounds of rock music often revolve around electric guitars or acoustic guitars, and the use of a subtle back beat on rhythm section with bass and drum guitars, and keyboards such as organs, pianos or since the 70's, synthesizers. Besides the guitar or keyboard, saxophone and blues-style harmonics are sometimes used as solo music instruments. In its pure form, rock music has three chords, a consistent and striking bakcbeat and an interesting melody.

In the late 60's and early 70's, rock music evolved into several types. Mixed with folk music (local music in the United States) became folk rock, with blues being blues-rock and with jazz, becoming jazz-rock fusion. In the 70's, rock combined the influences of soul, funk, and latin music. Also in the 70's, rock evolved into various subgenres such as soft rock, glam rock, heavy metal, hard rock, progressive rock, and punk rock. The rock sub-categories that stuck out in the 80s included New Wave, hardcore punk and alternative rock. In the 90's there were grunge, Britpop, indie rock and nu metal.

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A musical group specializing in rock music dubbed rock band or rock group. Many rock groups consist of guitar players, lead singers, bass guitar players, and drummers, forming a quartet. Some groups remove one or two positions above and / or use the main singer as a musical instrument besides singing, forming a duo or trio. Other groups have additional musicians like two rhythm guitars and / or a keyboardist. Somewhat more rarely, the use of stringed instruments such as violins, cellos or wind instruments such as saxophones, trumpets or trombones.

The foundations of rock music are rock and roll and rockabilly in the 50's. in the late 60's there was a lot of mixing of other music genres with rock music. Folk music mixed into Folk Rock, blues music mixed into Blues Rock and jazz into Jazz-Fussion Rock. And in the 70's rock developed into several subgenres such as soft rock, hard rock, heavy metal and punk. In the era of the 80's developed again some subgenre such as glam metal, synth rock, trash metal, hardcore punk, alternative rock. In the 90's the new subgenre was grunge style rock, britpop, indie rock, piano rock and nu metal.

The Development of Rock Music in the World

The 60's and the Early 70's

Rock music evolved into several types. Mixed with folk music (local music in the United States) became folk rock, with blues being blues-rock and with jazz, becoming jazz-rock fusion. The examples of rock bands of the 60's are like The Beatles (1960), Rolling Stones (1962), Led Zeppelin (1968), and Black Sabbath (1968)

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In 70's and 80's

Rock combines influences from soul, funk, and latin music. Also in the 70s, rock evolved into various subgenres such as soft rock, glam rock, heavy metal, hard rock, progressive rock, and punk rock. The rock sub-categories that stuck out in the 80s included New Wave, hardcore punk and alternative rock. The examples of rock bands of the 70's and 80's are like Van Hallen (1974), Def Leppard(1977), Europe (1979), Iron Maiden (1975), White Lion (1983), and many more.

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In 90's

There is grunge, Britpop, indie rock and nu metal. A group of musicians who decided to play rock music dubbed rock band or rock group. Many rock groups consist of guitar players, lead singers, bass guitar players, and drummers, forming a quartet.

Some groups remove one or two positions above and / or use the lead singer as a musical instrument besides singing, forming a duo or trio. Other groups have additional musicians like two rhythm guitars and / or a keyboardist. Somewhat more rarely, the use of stringed instruments such as violins, cellos or wind instruments such as saxophones, trumpets or trombones. The examples of rock bands of the 90's are like Oasis (1991), Foo Fighters (1994), Blink 182 (1992), Pearl Jam (1990), and many more.

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