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    Rock and roll emerged in the 1950s as a blend of American genres such as rhythm and blues, country and western. The term was coined by Alan Freed and has since been used to describe a wide variety of musical genres derived from the original rock and roll. Rock and roll combined elements of blues, boogie woogie, and jazz with influences from folk music and gospel, and was popularized by artists such as Elvis Presley and Chuck Berry.

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    Rock and roll emerged in the 1950s as a blend of American genres such as rhythm and blues, country and western. The term was coined by Alan Freed and has since been used to describe a wide variety of musical genres derived from the original rock and roll. Rock and roll combined elements of blues, boogie woogie, and jazz with influences from folk music and gospel, and was popularized by artists such as Elvis Presley and Chuck Berry.

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    DEFINITION

    Rock and roll, or simply also called rock, is a musical genre with a marked rhythm that is derived from the
    mixture of several genres of American folklore such as rhythm and blues , country and western and that
    emerged in the 1950s and remains to this day and still very popular.

    ROCK: HISTORY OF THIS TERM

    The term "rock and roll" was first used by Alan Freed , a DJ for a radio station in Cleveland , who used the
    term to title his radio show. Since then it was used to call all the musical genres that are derived from it since
    it is the only musical aspect of this type. But as many genres derived from rock and roll later became very
    popular, the word “rock” began to be used, that is, rock music, to call all genres with similar characteristics.

    In this way, the term rock derives from the term rock and roll, but today it retains two meanings according to
    the Royal Academy of the Spanish Language : a characteristic musical genre popularized in the 1950s (which
    corresponds to the definition of rock and roll). and each of the various musical genres derived from rock and
    roll, which would, therefore, be the definition of the contemporary rock music genre, and which has
    previously met the term rock and roll.

    ORIGINS OF ROCK AND ROLL

    In times of slavery in the United States, black communities developed a musical style in which religious
    chants and their own rhythms predominated, influenced by African rhythms and sounds, which later
    materialized in the blues, while at the same time white musicians They developed the musical genre called
    country and the appearance of the electric guitar would give birth to what was called rhythm and blues , the
    father of rock and roll. Rock and roll (or rock and roll) appeared as a defined musical genre in the United
    States in the 1950s. Early rock and roll combined elements of blues , boogie woogie , and jazz with influences
    from Appalachian folk music, gospel , country, and specialized western music. Muddy Waters has often been
    credited as the musician who "paved" the way to rock and roll.

    All music critics agree on Muddy Waters as a precursor of rock and roll, but there are those who date the
    origin of rock and roll in 1954 , with the recording work of Bill Haley and his group Bill Haley and the
    Haley's Comets. Others consider Muddy Waters as its creator. Little Richard or Elvis Presley and they also
    choose 1954 as the date of the beginning of rock and roll, the year in which Presley released his first album.
    Among the notable musicians of the time we can mention Little Richard, Bo Diddley , Fats Domino , Buddy
    Holly , Gene Vincent among others.
    Chuck Berry Elvis Presley

    EVOLUTION OF ROCK AND ROLL

    Starting in the 60s, rock and roll had an important development and evolution that was expressed through a
    large number of bands and a variety of rhythms and styles, becoming a cultural and musical phenomenon that
    spread around the world and gave way to the genre called rock or rock music , which would mark a milestone
    among the nascent young generation of the 60s. The style is a rhythmic conjunction that is essentially based
    on black music. The popularization of rock and roll allowed many musicians to express themselves and spread
    it in local and national media. That's the story of many black rockers, like Chuck Berry himself. Among these
    genres were rockabilly , doo wop or hard rock , and phenomena such as the Teen Idols or the Girl Groups , the
    latter sponsored mainly by Phil Spector and from him genres such as heavy metal , garage rock , punk rock ,
    progressive rock or glam , and among all of them there are still common elements from rock n' roll. Thus,
    Lennon defined Glam as "rock n' roll with lipstick", and some hard rock or heavy metal artists like Motörhead
    or AC/DC like to define themselves as rock n' roll musicians.

    MUSICAL ANALYSIS

    In its beginnings, rock and roll was a style of music without any white influence that used new guitar
    amplification techniques to begin to give it the fundamental role that would characterize it for the rest of the
    century. Apart from the guitar, the drums and the piano were equally fundamental elements.

    The chord progression is originally from the blues , i.e. Fundamental - Subdominant - Fundamental -
    Dominant - Subdominant - Fundamental; but the tempo is very high, it also included arrangements and voices
    for metal sections and choirs.

    Improvisation also plays a role within the genre, using the pentatonic scale with a couple of accidentals, which
    later became known as the " blues scale ".
    Queen is a British rock band formed in 1970 in London by guitarist Brian May , singer Freddie
    Mercury and drummer Roger Taylor , with bassist John Deacon who joined them the following year.
    After the breakup of the group Smile in 1970, from which Taylor and May came, Mercury later
    decided to join, possessing a voice with an unusual range and an exceptional timbre for many.

    The following year, after searching for a bassist for the band for a while, Deacon appeared, who
    would be the definitive bassist of the band, thus forming the definitive formation of the group
    Queen (name suggested by Freddie Mercury) in the city of London , England. in 1971 . It is
    recognized as the most successful British band of the last three decades.

    The band is known for its great musical diversity, both vocally and instrumentally, as well as for its
    massive, high-quality concerts.

    According to OhmyNews , Queen's sales figure around the world today exceeds 300 million records
    sold, of which 32.5 million correspond to the United States , thus making Queen one of the most
    successful bands in the world.

    After the death of Freddie Mercury, bassist John Deacon announced his retirement from music in
    1997 , while Roger Taylor and Brian May joined Paul Rodgers to form the group Queen + Paul
    Rodgers , with which they recorded their sixteenth album, which It will be released in 2008 .

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