The characteristics of Blues, R&B, JAZZ, and Rock music and their subtle differences

Blues: Blues (also translated as blues, often translated as "resentment music" in Hong Kong and Taiwan) is a kind of vocal and instrumental music based on the pentatonic scale. Another feature of it is its special harmony.

Blues is a singing form that emerged among black folk after the Civil War. It has a direct relationship with black plantation songs (a cappella songs sung by collectives during labor).

Blues originated from the hymns, hymns, labor songs, shouts and chants of African American slaves in the past.

The "blues sound" used in the blues and the singing style of Qi Ying both show its West African origin.

R&B: The full name of R&B is Rhythm & Blues, which is generally translated as "Rhythm & Blues".

In a broad sense, R&B can be regarded as "black pop music". It originated from black blues music and is the basis of today's western pop and rock. Billboard magazine once defined R&B as all black music, except for Jazz and Blues.

It can be classified as R&B, which shows how broad the scope of R&B is.

Hip Hop and Rap, which have become very popular in the black music circle in recent years, both originate from R&B and retain many R&B elements.

JAZZ: Jazz developed from folk songs and has many sources, which is difficult to verify carefully.

During the 19th century, music was an important means for black slaves on plantations in the southern United States to express their lives and emotions.

Since the end of the 19th century, jazz has been based on traditional British and American music, mixed with blues, ragtime and other music types. It is a "hybrid" product.

Black music in the Americas retains a lot of African characteristics, obvious rhythmic features, and the characteristics of collective improvisation.

This tradition was combined with the music of the new settlement - mostly vocal - and the result was not just a new sound but a completely new form of musical expression ROCK::Heavy Metal (Heavy Metal) Heavy Metal

The music mainly expresses the musicians' own musical skills, and the arrangements are always particularly long.

This type of music emphasizes the creation of the music itself, so the entire album is usually more than just a title song.

The main artists include Led Zeppelin, Deep Purple, Black Sabbath and other Folk Rock (Folk Rock). The biggest difference from other types of rock music is that Folk Rock has a birth anniversary, which was 1965.

In the summer of 2000, Bobdy gave up the hollow guitar for the first time during his performance at the Newport Folk Festival and replaced the accompaniment with an electric guitar. He was dismissed by the audience because he only appreciated pure folk songs.

To the audience, the electric guitar was too rebellious.

It's difficult to define folk rock because it doesn't have a fixed beat or shape.

Most of them regard the songs they sing as a tool to examine various aspects of life.

In their songs, they tell their own experiences, express their feelings, and describe their emotions. The content of the lyrics changes, and the songs are mostly soft and slow. Grunge Rock (Grunge Rock) Grunge Rock music always exudes youthful vitality.

Coupled with the distorted guitar playing, it attracted many young people.

This style of music also inspired the later punk craze, and its musical performance also influenced some super rock bands in the 1990s.

Representatives of grunge rock include: Nirvana, Velvet Underground, Iggy Pop, MC5, The Stooges, etc.

Progressive rock (progressive rock) Progressive rock began to develop in the 1960s and 1970s.

It is experimental music.

The arrangement is more complex and the music is longer.

Another characteristic is his fondness for special effects produced by many advanced electronic instruments.

The main artists include: King Crimson, Rush, Yes, Eloy, etc.

Psychedelity (drug rock) From the late 1960s to the early 1970s, drug use became popular, and at the same time, music also set off a psychedelic trend. The music of this period had a strong religious color, and music creation also focused on

Mentally and sexually.

At this time, the band likes to use its own unique and strange name as the band name.

They want to convince people of their philosophy of life.

Representative bands include pink Floyd, T2, Van Der, Graaf, Generator, The Electric Toilet, and Syd Barret. Punk (punk rock) emerged in the UK in the late 1970s as a rebellious culture full of young people at the time, and was widely popular among the young people at the time.

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But to be honest, the punk music at that time was really only violent and angry, with no depth, and each song was very short and very simple.