Western Rock Music

Western Rock Music
By Soal Brown

Western rock music is a popular music form. It features vocals
often with vocal harmony and accompanied with instruments-
electric guitars, a bass guitar, keyboard instruments- electric
piano, organ and synthesizer and drum sets. Other musical
instruments like saxophone, trumpet and trombone are also
included. Earlier horns were also used which are not being used
since the 90s. The central piece of instrument in western rock
music is of course the electric guitar. The microphone used by
the singers itself functions as a musical instrument. Many
singers depend upon the amplification and various effects like
echo obtained by electronically transforming the sound obtained
through the microphone.

The characteristic musical style categorized as rock music and
music of its related styles has dominated the musical scene of
the west since about 1955. Western rock music has its origins in
the Unites States. However, it has been influenced and shaped by
a broad field of cultures and musical traditions over the years.
There has been the influence of gospel music, the blues, western
country music, western classical music, folk music etc. Some
elements of popular music of Asia, Africa and Latin America have
also been incorporated in western rock music.

Western rock music styles have evolved into its complete form
around 1959 with predominant influence of the white musicians. A
major western rock music style is rock and roll or rock ‘n’
roll. Rhythm-and-blues music is a popular western rock music
style influenced primarily by black American musicians. Now,
these major genres of western rock music encompass several sub
styles like heavy metal, punk, alternative and grunge. The
harmonies and other complex technical aspects of the western
music are shared by the western rock music too- the chords known
as tonic, subdominant and dominant are to be especially
mentioned in this regard.

Western rock music has taken the world by storm and it is now a
popular musical form all over the world with a huge fan
following.

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