ROCK MUSIC

R E S E A R C H BY C H LO E F R A N C I S

BACKGROUND INFORMATION
Rock music is a genre of popular music that originated as "rock and roll" in the United
States in the 1950s, and developed into a range of different styles in the 1960s and later,
particularly in the United Kingdom and the United States. It has its roots in 1940s' and
1950s' rock and roll, itself heavily influenced by blues, rhythm and blues and country music.
Rock music also drew strongly on a number of other genres such as electric blues and folk,
and incorporated influences from jazz, classical and other musical sources.
Musically, rock has centered on the electric guitar, usually as part of a rock group with
electric bass guitar and drums. Typically, rock is song-based music usually with a 4/4 time
signature using a verse-chorus form, but the genre has become extremely diverse. Like pop
music, lyrics often stress romantic love but also address a wide variety of other themes that
are frequently social or political in emphasis. The dominance of rock by white, male
musicians has been seen as one of the key factors shaping the themes explored in rock
music. Rock places a higher degree of emphasis on musicianship, live performance, and an
ideology of authenticity than pop music.

TARGET AUDIENCE
When researching the target audience for rock music I found that, the
main audience for rock are people who are much older as most rock
bands are from the late 70s early 80s such as queen and the Beatles.
Also when researching some younger people like rock as more of the
younger generation aspire to be like Avril lavigne who is a young rock
singer and writer so with this in mind rock music is mainly for anyone
who can listen to loud upbeat music with loud instruments and who enjoy
dressing in black jackets and have dark makeup to make them lock
gothic and punkish.

MISE-EN-SCENE
Black jackets

Chiaroscuro lighting with

the shadow on her face

Dressed the same way

shows they are not
unique or individual

Black leather jackets

Same pose looking

directly into the camera

High key lighting on the

other side of her face to
show she has a good
side and a bad side to
her personality

Black gloves
Black and white colours
Low key lighting
Not smiling either to
suggest that they have
the same attitude as
eachother

Dark make up to show

she is rebellious

Not smiling suggests

that she takes her work
seriously and has
passion in what she does

ARTISTS

THE DIFFERENT GENRES OF ROCK

MUSIC

Heavy metal is a genre of rock music

that developed in the late 1960s and
early 1970s, largely in the United
Kingdom and the United States. With
roots in blues rock and psychedelic/acid
rock the bands that created heavy metal
developed a thick, massive sound.

Folk rock is a musical genre

combining elements of folk music and
rock music. In its earliest and
narrowest sense, the term referred to a
genre that arose in the United States
and the United Kingdom around the
mid-1960s.

Genres of rock
music

Jazz fusion is a musical genre that developed in the late 1960s when
musicians combined aspects of jazz harmony and improvisation with styles
such as funk, rock, rhythm and blues, and Latin jazz. During this time many
jazz musicians began experimenting with electric instruments and amplified
sound for the first time, as well as electronic effects and synthesizers.

INSTRUMENTATION
Remixing
Guitars
Drums
Electric guitars
Synthesisers
Sampling
Mixing desks
Cymbals
Keyboard