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rock music — ➡ rock. * * * or rock and roll Musical style that arose in the U.S. in the mid 1950s and became the dominant form of popular music in the world. Though rock has used a wide variety of instruments, its basic elements are one or several vocalists,… … Universalium
rock music — rock ,music noun uncount a type of music that developed from ROCK N ROLL and uses a heavy regular beat, electric guitars, singing, and a tune that is easy to remember … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
rock music — rock .music n [U] a type of popular modern music with a strong loud beat, played using ↑guitars and drums … Dictionary of contemporary English
Rock music — Infobox Music genre name=Rock music color=white bgcolor=crimson stylistic origins=R B Swing jazz Blues Rock and Roll cultural origins=Late 1940s Cleveland, Detroit, New York City, Philadelphia instruments=Electric guitar, Bass guitar, Drums,… … Wikipedia
rock music — noun a genre of popular music originating in the 1950s; a blend of black rhythm and blues with white country and western rock is a generic term for the range of styles that evolved out of rock n roll. • Syn: ↑rock n roll, ↑rock n roll, ↑rock and… … Useful english dictionary
Rock Music (album) — Rock Music is an album by Australian band the Superjesus released in 2003.Making of the album Rock Music was difficult for the Superjesus to make, taking a year and a half to make. Bass player Stuart Rudd outlined the difficulties in making the… … Wikipedia
rock music, rock bands — The history of Chinese rock music (yaogun yinyue) began in the early 1980s. Since then, the number of bands and musicians has increased as much as the variety of music styles performed. The centre of Chinese rock is Beijing and today, due to the… … Encyclopedia of Contemporary Chinese Culture
rock music — UK / US noun [uncountable] music a type of music that developed from rock n roll and uses a heavy regular beat, electric guitars, singing, and a tune that is easy to remember … English dictionary
rock music — /ˈrɒk mjuzɪk / (say rok myoohzik) noun any contemporary music which has developed from 1950s rock n roll; characterised by strong persistent rhythm and the use of the electric guitar as the dominant instrument …
rock music — type of loud music usually using electric guitars … English contemporary dictionary
