Rock and Roll research

Rock and Roll is a genre of music which was originated and evolved in the United States in the 1940's to the 1950's. It has a mixture of African American genres such as blues, jump blues, jazz and gospel together with Western swing and country music. This music has developed from Rock and Roll in the 1950's to now becoming popularly known as Rock Music. A lot has changed within this genre over the last 50 to 60 years. One example of this change is that a piano or saxophone was often the lead instrument. However, now a days the main instruments are drums or guitars. This consists of two electrical guitars one which is rhythm and one which is lead, below is a photo/ example of a classical rock band.

 

The term rock and roll now has two meanings: referring to the first wave of music that originated in the US in the 1950's and developed into "rock music." In the late 1940's to 1950's either piano or saxophone tended to be the lead instruments used, now a days however Classical Rock and Roll is usually played with one or two electric guitars: one lead and one rhythm, a string bass or an electric base guitar and also a drum kit. As seen by the media in movies and television Rock and Roll has influenced a lot of people's lifestyles. These factors include things such as fashions, attitudes and language. The term 'rocking and rolling' used to be often described the movement of a ship on the ocean, however in the earlier 20th century it is used to descrbie people's movement towards the music of Rock and Roll.

Unfortunately, some people argue that there has been a decline in Rock music over the years and this has been influenced by the amount of deaths that have sadly occured to famous Rock artists. Famous Rock singers such as Buddy Holly, The Big Bopper, Ritchie Valens had all died by the 1960's and this is when people believe the genre started to decline. Also, Rock and Roll declined when Elvis sadly passed away, because he was popluar for both his music and his looks.