1. The Art of Rock and Roll: An Analysis
... color line between musicians. Chapter four discusses early rock. They started to somewhat define the rock category by saying that rock uses certain rhythmic devices, its lyrics and jargon came from the jump blues, rhythm and blues, country, or some combination, many pieces use a blues progression, ... is different in that the amplifiers are set to amplify the harmonic spectrum differently; Musical symbolism tends to be different and draws from the literary tradition of Europe; The blending of voices tends to be less emotional. Three groups who popularized English rock in America after t...
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