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[[File:Rhcp-live-pinkpop05.jpg|thumb|left|upright=0.8|alt=A photograph of four members of The Red Hot Chili Peppers performing on a stage|[[Red Hot Chili Peppers]] in 2006, showing a quartet lineup for a rock band (from left to right: bassist, lead vocalist, drummer, and guitarist)]] | [[File:Rhcp-live-pinkpop05.jpg|thumb|left|upright=0.8|alt=A photograph of four members of The Red Hot Chili Peppers performing on a stage|[[Red Hot Chili Peppers]] in 2006, showing a quartet lineup for a rock band (from left to right: bassist, lead vocalist, drummer, and guitarist)]] | ||
The sound of rock is traditionally centered on the [[guitar amplifier|amplified]] electric guitar, which emerged in its modern form in the 1950s with the popularity of rock and roll.<ref>J.M. Curtis, ''Rock Eras: Interpretations of Music and Society, 1954–1984'' (Madison, WI: Popular Press, 1987), {{ISBN|0-87972-369-6}}, pp. 68–73.</ref> Also, it was influenced by the sounds of [[electric blues]] guitarists.<ref name=campbell>{{cite book|last1=Campbell |first1=Michael |last2=Brody |first2=James |title=Rock and Roll: An Introduction |year=2007 |edition=2nd |publisher=Thomson Schirmer |location=Belmont, CA |isbn=978-0-534-64295-2 |pages=[https://books.google.com/books?id=RK-JmVbv4OIC&pg=PA80 80–81]}}</ref> The sound of an electric guitar in rock music is typically supported by an electric bass guitar, which pioneered in jazz music in the same era,<ref>{{source in source |author=R.C. Brewer |title=Bass Guitar |editor=Shepherd |year=2003 |page=56}}</ref> and percussion produced from a drum kit that combines drums and cymbals.<ref>{{source in source |author=R. Mattingly |title=Drum Set |editor=Shepherd |year=2003 |page=361}}</ref> This trio of instruments has often been complemented by the inclusion of other instruments, particularly keyboards such as the piano, the [[Hammond organ]], and the [[ | The sound of rock is traditionally centered on the [[guitar amplifier|amplified]] electric guitar, which emerged in its modern form in the 1950s with the popularity of rock and roll.<ref>J.M. Curtis, ''Rock Eras: Interpretations of Music and Society, 1954–1984'' (Madison, WI: Popular Press, 1987), {{ISBN|0-87972-369-6}}, pp. 68–73.</ref> Also, it was influenced by the sounds of [[electric blues]] guitarists.<ref name=campbell>{{cite book|last1=Campbell |first1=Michael |last2=Brody |first2=James |title=Rock and Roll: An Introduction |year=2007 |edition=2nd |publisher=Thomson Schirmer |location=Belmont, CA |isbn=978-0-534-64295-2 |pages=[https://books.google.com/books?id=RK-JmVbv4OIC&pg=PA80 80–81]}}</ref> The sound of an electric guitar in rock music is typically supported by an electric bass guitar, which pioneered in jazz music in the same era,<ref>{{source in source |author=R.C. Brewer |title=Bass Guitar |editor=Shepherd |year=2003 |page=56}}</ref> and percussion produced from a drum kit that combines drums and cymbals.<ref>{{source in source |author=R. Mattingly |title=Drum Set |editor=Shepherd |year=2003 |page=361}}</ref> This trio of instruments has often been complemented by the inclusion of other instruments, particularly keyboards such as the piano, the [[Hammond organ]], and the [[synthesizer]].<ref>P. Théberge, ''Any Sound you can Imagine: Making Music/Consuming Technology'' (Middletown, CT, Wesleyan University Press, 1997), {{ISBN|0-8195-6309-9}}, pp. 69–70.</ref> The basic rock instrumentation was derived from the basic [[blues]] band instrumentation (prominent lead guitar, second chordal instrument, bass, and drums).<ref name=campbell/> A group of musicians performing rock music is termed as a rock band or a rock group. Furthermore, it typically consists of between three (the [[power trio]]) and five members. Classically, a rock band takes the form of a [[quartet]] whose members cover one or more roles, including vocalist, lead guitarist, rhythm guitarist, bass guitarist, drummer, and often [[keyboard player]] or other instrumentalist.<ref>{{source in source |author=D. Laing |title=Quartet |editor=Shepherd |year=2003 |page=56}}</ref> | ||
[[File:Characteristic rock drum pattern.png|thumb|right|A simple {{music|time|4|4}} drum pattern common in rock music {{Audio|Simple duple drum pattern.mid|Play}}]] | [[File:Characteristic rock drum pattern.png|thumb|right|A simple {{music|time|4|4}} drum pattern common in rock music {{Audio|Simple duple drum pattern.mid|Play}}]] | ||
Rock music is traditionally built on a foundation of simple unsyncopated rhythms in a {{music|time|4|4}} [[Meter (music)|meter]], with a repetitive snare drum [[Backbeat (music)|back beat]] on beats two and four.<ref name=Ammer2004>C. Ammer, ''The Facts on File Dictionary of Music'' (New York: Infobase, 4th edn., 2004), {{ISBN|0-8160-5266-2}}, pp. 251–52.</ref> Melodies often originate from older [[musical modes]] such as the [[Dorian mode|Dorian]] and [[Mixolydian]], as well as [[Major scale|major]] and [[Minor mode|minor]] modes. Harmonies range from the common [[Triad (music)|triad]] to parallel [[perfect fourth]]s and [[Perfect fifth|fifths]] and dissonant harmonic progressions.<ref name=Ammer2004/> Since the late 1950s,<ref>{{harvnb|Campbell|Brody|2007|p=[https://books.google.com/books?id=RK-JmVbv4OIC&pg=PA117 117]}}</ref> and particularly from the mid-1960s onwards, rock music often used the [[Verse-chorus form|verse-chorus structure]] derived from blues and folk music, but there has been considerable variation from this model.<ref>J. Covach, "From craft to art: formal structure in the music of the Beatles", in K. Womack and Todd F. Davis, eds, ''Reading the Beatles: Cultural Studies, Literary Criticism, and the Fab Four'' (New York: SUNY Press, 2006), {{ISBN|0-7914-6715-5}}, p. 40.</ref> Critics have stressed the eclecticism and stylistic diversity of rock.<ref>T. Gracyk, ''Rhythm and Noise: an Aesthetics of Rock'', (London: I.B. Tauris, 1996), {{ISBN|1-86064-090-7}}, p. xi.</ref> Because of its complex history and its tendency to borrow from other musical and cultural forms, it has been argued that "it is impossible to bind rock music to a rigidly delineated musical definition."<ref>P. Wicke, ''Rock Music: Culture, Aesthetics and Sociology'' (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1990), {{ISBN|0-521-39914-9}}, p. x.</ref> | Rock music is traditionally built on a foundation of simple unsyncopated rhythms in a {{music|time|4|4}} [[Meter (music)|meter]], with a repetitive snare drum [[Backbeat (music)|back beat]] on beats two and four.<ref name=Ammer2004>C. Ammer, ''The Facts on File Dictionary of Music'' (New York: Infobase, 4th edn., 2004), {{ISBN|0-8160-5266-2}}, pp. 251–52.</ref> Melodies often originate from older [[musical modes]] such as the [[Dorian mode|Dorian]] and [[Mixolydian]], as well as [[Major scale|major]] and [[Minor mode|minor]] modes. Harmonies range from the common [[Triad (music)|triad]] to parallel [[perfect fourth]]s and [[Perfect fifth|fifths]] and dissonant harmonic progressions.<ref name=Ammer2004/> Since the late 1950s,<ref>{{harvnb|Campbell|Brody|2007|p=[https://books.google.com/books?id=RK-JmVbv4OIC&pg=PA117 117]}}</ref> and particularly from the mid-1960s onwards, rock music often used the [[Verse-chorus form|verse-chorus structure]] derived from blues and folk music, but there has been considerable variation from this model.<ref>J. Covach, "From craft to art: formal structure in the music of the Beatles", in K. Womack and Todd F. Davis, eds, ''Reading the Beatles: Cultural Studies, Literary Criticism, and the Fab Four'' (New York: SUNY Press, 2006), {{ISBN|0-7914-6715-5}}, p. 40.</ref> Critics have stressed the eclecticism and stylistic diversity of rock.<ref>T. Gracyk, ''Rhythm and Noise: an Aesthetics of Rock'', (London: I.B. Tauris, 1996), {{ISBN|1-86064-090-7}}, p. xi.</ref> Because of its complex history and its tendency to borrow from other musical and cultural forms, it has been argued that "it is impossible to bind rock music to a rigidly delineated musical definition."<ref>P. Wicke, ''Rock Music: Culture, Aesthetics and Sociology'' (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1990), {{ISBN|0-521-39914-9}}, p. x.</ref> | ||
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