This document discusses the history and origins of rock music. It notes that rock music originated from the blending of blues, country, folk and other genres in the 1950s and 1960s in the UK and US. Typical rock instruments include vocals, electric and bass guitars, drums, piano and keyboards. It also lists many subgenres that have derived from rock music over time such as alternative rock, grunge, heavy metal, indie rock and others. The document outlines some of the early pioneers of rock music like Bill Haley, Chuck Berry and Little Richard and how they helped popularize the genre in the mid-20th century.

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2. • Stylistic origins: Blues, rock and roll, electric blues, jazz, folk, country, rhythm and blues, soul
• Cultural origins: 1950s and 1960s, United Kingdom and United States
• Typical instruments: Vocals, electric guitar, bass guitar, acoustic guitar, drums,piano, synthesizer,
keyboards
• Derivative forms: New Age music, synthpop

3. • Alternative rock
• – Art rock
• – Baroque
• pop
• –Beat music
• – Britpop
• – Emo
• – Experimental rock
• – Garage rock
• – Glam rock
• – Gothic rock
• –Group Sounds

4. • – Grunge
• – Hard rock
• –Heartland rock
• – Heavy metal
• – Instrumental rock
• – Indie rock
• – Jangle pop
• – Krautrock
• –Madchester
• – Post-Britpop
• – Power pop
• –Progressive rock
• – Protopunk

5. • – Psychedelia
• –Punk rock
• – Soft rock
• – Southern rock
• – Surf music
• – Symphonic rock

6. • History of Rock Music
• The history of rock music isn't cut and dry. Many individuals debate who the first rock singer was and
what the first rock song was. However, it is known that the history of rock music comes from the old
R&B mixed with some country and western and fused with a little rockabilly.
• The exact time period that the history or rock music started in is not known. There were rock and roll
elements showing up in blues songs and old country western songs as far back as the 20's and 30's.
By the 1950's the history or rock music had begun.
• The phrase rock and roll used to have a sexual connotation attached to it. The phrase sometimes
contained to two meanings. It appeared to mean dancing but was also associated with sex. It was
first used in the title of Trixi Smith's 1920's song, “My baby rocks me with one steady roll.” However,
it was Alan Freed a disc jockey from Ohio that

7. • first came up with the phrase rock and roll in 1955. With that, the history of rock music was well under
way.
• As stated before, just who started the history of rock music is under debate. This is because rock and
roll music evolved from different genres and some songs that belonged to the blues, jazz, country, and
gospel genres offered elements that could be considered rock and roll. However, it was Bill Haley's
song, “Rock around the clock” that became popular enough to top the Billboard music charts.
• In the history or rock music there have been many icons. Among the earliest rock stars are names like
Bill Haley, Chuck Berry, and Little Richard. These early stars of the history or rock music led to the
popularization or rock and a culture change that shocked the world. The dance crazes, fashion styles,
and pop culture that followed the early history of rock music were made possible by these early stars.

8. • Fusion genres
• Aboriginal rock
• – Afro-rock
• – Anatolian rock
• –Bhangra rock
• – Blues rock
• – Country rock
• –Electronic rock
• – Flamenco-rock
• – Folk rock
• –Funk rock
• – Sufi rock

9. • – Glam punk
• – Indo-rock
• – Industrial rock
• – Jazz fusion
• – Pop rock
• – Punta rock
• –Raga rock
• – Raï rock
• – Rap rock
• – Rockabilly
• –Rockoson
• – Samba-rock
• – Space rock
• – Stoner rock