Rock and Roll Is A Genre of Popular Music That Originated and Evolved in The United States During The Late 1940s and Early
Rock and Roll Is A Genre of Popular Music That Originated and Evolved in The United States During The Late 1940s and Early
The term "rock and roll" now has at least two different meanings, both in common usage. The American Heritage
Dictionary and theMerriam-Webster Dictionary both define rock and roll as synonymous with rock music. Allwords.com,
however, refers specifically to the music of the 1950s.
In the earliest rock and roll styles of the late 1940s and early 1950s, either the piano or saxophone was often the lead
instrument, but these were generally replaced or supplemented by guitar in the middle to late 1950s. The beat is
essentially a boogie woogie blues rhythm with an accentuated backbeat, the latter almost always provided by a snare
drum. Classic rock and roll is usually played with one or two electric guitars (one lead, one rhythm), a string bass or (after
the mid-1950s) an electric bass guitar, and a drum kit.
Rock and roll began achieving wide popularity in the 1960s. The massive popularity and eventual worldwide view of rock
and roll gave it a widespread social impact.
Far beyond simply a musical style, rock and roll, as seen in movies and on television, influenced lifestyles, fashion,
attitudes, and language. It went on to spawn various sub-genres, often without the initially characteristic backbeat, that are
now more commonly called simply "rock music" or "rock".
En los primeros estilos de rock and roll de la década de 1940 y principios de 1950, ya sea el piano o el saxofón era a
menudo el instrumento principal, pero fueron reemplazadas con carácter general o complementados por la guitarra en el
medio para finales de 1950. El ritmo es esencialmente un ritmo de boogie woogie blues con un backbeat acentuada, este
último casi siempre proporcionada por un tambor de la trampa. rock and roll clásico se juega generalmente con una o dos
guitarras eléctricas (un plomo, un ritmo), un contrabajo o (a partir de mediados del decenio de 1950) un bajo eléctrico y
una batería.
El rock and roll comenzó a alcanzar gran popularidad en la década de 1960. La masiva popularidad en todo el mundo y
ver su eventual del rock and roll se dio un impacto social muy extendido. Mucho más allá de simplemente un estilo
musical, el rock and roll, como se ve en las películas y en televisión, bajo la influencia estilos de vida, la moda, las
actitudes y el lenguaje. A continuación, desovan varios sub-géneros, a menudo sin el backbeat inicialmente
característica, que son ahora más comúnmente llamado simplemente "música rock" o "roca".