Rock music Rock music is a broad genre of popular music that originated as "rock and roll" in the United States in the early 1950s, and developed into a range of different styles in Rock music the 1960s and later, particularly in the United Kingdom and the...
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Rock music Rock music is a broad genre of popular music that originated as "rock and roll" in the United States in the early 1950s, and developed into a range of different styles in Rock music the 1960s and later, particularly in the United Kingdom and the United States.[1][2] It Stylistic Rock and roll · has its roots in 1940s and 1950s rock and roll, a style which drew heavily on the origins rockabilly · blues · African-American genres of blues and rhythm and blues, and from country music. electric blues · folk · Rock music also drew strongly on a number of other genres such as electric blues country · and folk, and incorporated influences from jazz, classical and other musical styles. rhythm and blues Musically, rock has centered on the electric guitar, usually as part of a rock group Cultural 1950s and 1960s, with electric bass and drums and one or more singers. Typically, rock is song-based origins United Kingdom and music usually with a 4/4 time signature using a verse–chorus for
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