Examples of rock music in the following topics:
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- The rock music of the 1960s had its roots in rock and roll, but also drew strongly on genres such as blues, folk, jazz, and classical.
- Rock music is a genre of popular music that developed during the 1960s, particularly in the United Kingdom and the United States.
- Rock music also drew strongly from other genres such as blues and folk, and was influenced by jazz, classical and other musical sources.
- By the late 1960s, a number of distinct rock music sub-genres emerged, including hybrids like blues rock, folk rock, country rock, and jazz-rock fusion.
- Rock music of the 1960s also embodied and served as the vehicle for cultural and social movements.
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- Rock music is a genre of popular music that developed during the 1960s, particularly in the United Kingdom and the United States.
- Rock music also drew strongly from other genres such as blues and folk, and was influenced by jazz, classical, and other musical sources.
- Rock placed more emphasis on musicianship, live performance, and an ideology of authenticity than pop music.
- By the late 1960s, a number of distinct rock music sub-genres emerged, including hybrids like blues rock, folk rock, country rock, and jazz-rock fusion.
- During the 1960s, psychedelic visual arts were often a counterpart to psychedelic rock music.
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- The terms "folk music" and "pop music" also have more than one meaning.
- In many cultures, pop music has largely replaced folk music as the music that everyone knows.
- The term pop music can refer to a specific kind of popular music, as in "bubblegum pop".
- Popular music is also a general term for any type of music that is or has been a top seller.
- This includes most types of rock music and some kinds of jazz.
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- Popular music is, by definition, music that appeals to many people.
- Art music is a catch-all term for any music that is enjoyed by a smaller crowd.
- This can include the more challenging types of jazz and rock music, as well as Classical.
- For example, most operas were written to be popular, middle-class entertainments, and artists such as Liszt and Paganini enjoyed rock-star-like fame and popularity in their day.
- The art music of other cultures is also often called classical; for example, people speak of the classical music of India.
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- In most music, the most common chord is I.
- In Western music, I is the tonal center of the music, the chord that feels like the "home base" of the music.
- Look at some chord progressions from real music.
- A lot of folk music, blues, rock, marches, and even some classical music is based on simple chord progressions, but of course there is plenty of music that has more complicated harmonies.
- Some music has more complex harmonies.
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- The simple, sing-along, nursery rhymes and folk songs we learn as children; the "catchy" tunes used in advertising jingles; the cheerful, toe-tapping pop and rock we dance to; the uplifting sounds of a symphony: most music in a major key has a bright sound that people often describe as cheerful, inspiring, exciting, or just plain fun.
- Music in a particular key tends to use only some of the many possible notes available; these notes are listed in the scale associated with that key.
- This contrasts with the moods usually suggested by music that uses minor keys, scales, and chords.
- In fact, most musicians, and even many non-musicians, can distinguish major and minor keys just by listening to the music.
- Note: If you must determine whether a piece of music is major or minor, and cannot tell just by listening, you may have to do some simple harmonic analysis in order to decide.
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- The study of the theory of Western music involves three main components: voice-leading, harmony, and form.
- Voice-leading deals with the relationship of two or more musical lines (or melodies) combined into a single musical idea.
- We will address all three of these facets of musical theory.
- Thus, we begin our study of music theory, then, with strict voice-leading, or counterpoint.
- Following this line of thinking, our early voice-leading exercises will not be in a specific style (classical, baroque, romantic, pop/rock, etc.).