Rock

ORIGIN & MUSICAL INFLUENCES

- Rock emerged in the 1950s in the United States, extending rapidly throughout the world.

- Origins in Rock & Roll and Rockabilly, evolving from the Blues, Country and Rhythm & Blues and other musical influences (folk, jazz and classical music)

- Developed many subgenres: glam rock, hard rock, progressive rock, psychedelic rock, alternative rock, grunge, indie rock ...

- Influenced in many musical styles: Pop, Heavy Metal, Punk ...

INSTRUMENTS

- Voice

- Electric or acoustic Guitar (main instrument)

- Bass guitar

- Keyboard: piano, organ or synthesizer

- Drumkit

FORM

- It can follow blues structure

- Musical sentences with 4 bars

- Riff: musical idea that is repeated along the song and identified it.

- Basic structure: Verse-chorus-verse-chorus-verse

- Complete Structure: Intro-verse-chorus-bridge-verse-chorus-coda

MELODY & LYRICS

- Lyrics: romantic love, social or politics topics

- Simple melodies

- Guitar solos

RHYTHM

- Fast, strong and dance rhythm

- Time signature: 4/4

- Rhythmic pattern:

HARMONY

- Power chord,1º-5º without 3º:

- Blues harmonic progressions: I-I-I-I - IV-IV-I-I – V-IV-I-I

                                                    I-IV-I-I - IV-IV-I-I – V-IV-I-V

- Basic harmonic progressions: I-IV-V-I

                                                  I-V-vi-IV