Rock music

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Rock music is a broad category of music typified by songs featuring an energetic drumbeat, usually accompanied by one or more guitars, a bass guitar, and possibly an electronic organ or electric piano. Songs from the rock music genre (particularly pop-rock and pop-punk songs) commonly have 4-4 rhythm structures, although songs from some subgenres (such as metal music songs) have a variety of rhythm structures.

The name derives from the earliest form of the music, rock and roll.

Beginnings

Rock Music's origins are not defined, but it did come from the African American Community. Many say that Rock Music came from Blues and Gospel.