When/why did vocals-guitar-bass-drums become the vast majority of rock music group makeups? Even with the occasional keyboardist, bands are almost entirely the same instruments.
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The holy trinity of any popular music (at least before full-on digital production) is:
1. Something to keep time (drums of some kind)
2. Something to lay the musical foundation (bass)
3. Something to play the melody (guitar, keys, vocals, horn, etc.)
With more people, you often dedicate one of the instruments that can play multiple notes at once (guitar, piano) to outlining the chords that underlie the music.
Rock music developed when the most exciting new percussion instrument was a drumkit, and the most exciting new tonal instruments were electric basses and guitars. Voice is eternally relevant in popular music because just about anyone can “play” it at some level, and it’s the only way to communicate more than vague feelings and sonic ideas.
The holy trinity of any popular music (at least before full-on digital production) is:
1. Something to keep time (drums of some kind)
2. Something to lay the musical foundation (bass)
3. Something to play the melody (guitar, keys, vocals, horn, etc.)
With more people, you often dedicate one of the instruments that can play multiple notes at once (guitar, piano) to outlining the chords that underlie the music.
Rock music developed when the most exciting new percussion instrument was a drumkit, and the most exciting new tonal instruments were electric basses and guitars. Voice is eternally relevant in popular music because just about anyone can “play” it at some level, and it’s the only way to communicate more than vague feelings and sonic ideas.
Amplification. Vocals, Bass and Drums are essential to almost all music. When we started overdriving guitars and getting feedback, sustain and distortion through the amps. Rock was made.
Amplification. Vocals, Bass and Drums are essential to almost all music. When we started overdriving guitars and getting feedback, sustain and distortion through the amps. Rock was made.
Amplification. Vocals, Bass and Drums are essential to almost all music. When we started overdriving guitars and getting feedback, sustain and distortion through the amps. Rock was made.
If you ever have the chance, either virtually or in person, see the effect that bass and drums have on a group jamming. It completely comes alive.
You just need some chords on top from there.
Horns and strings are OK but you need a whole section of players. One person on a piano or guitar can swap the whole section. Once electric amplification comes in the 50s, the guitar was in a league of its own because it was way way more portable than the keyboards of the time (real portable keyboards weren’t a thing till the 70s or 80s, and they were still heavy af)
So you are most likely gonna have guitars and pianos and electric amplification as the base for a lot of popular music (music made by non-professionals with limited budgets who then get noticed and catch on big).
Finally, electric guitars are far easier to play than most other instruments that actually sound OK. (Plus the electronic amplification makes it way, way easier to sound rich and full—a single note overdriven is pretty fat and fills up the sound well). Electric bass is the easiest instrument around as long as the music you are playing isn’t too complex.
Now that electronic music is available, we can create an act that rocks 1000 people with electronic software. Before that, the cheapest and easiest route to a loud, dance-able concert was a few people with guitars.
If you ever have the chance, either virtually or in person, see the effect that bass and drums have on a group jamming. It completely comes alive.
You just need some chords on top from there.
Horns and strings are OK but you need a whole section of players. One person on a piano or guitar can swap the whole section. Once electric amplification comes in the 50s, the guitar was in a league of its own because it was way way more portable than the keyboards of the time (real portable keyboards weren’t a thing till the 70s or 80s, and they were still heavy af)
So you are most likely gonna have guitars and pianos and electric amplification as the base for a lot of popular music (music made by non-professionals with limited budgets who then get noticed and catch on big).
Finally, electric guitars are far easier to play than most other instruments that actually sound OK. (Plus the electronic amplification makes it way, way easier to sound rich and full—a single note overdriven is pretty fat and fills up the sound well). Electric bass is the easiest instrument around as long as the music you are playing isn’t too complex.
Now that electronic music is available, we can create an act that rocks 1000 people with electronic software. Before that, the cheapest and easiest route to a loud, dance-able concert was a few people with guitars.
hello sir i will try to explain ,A long time ago, when people started playing rock music, they mostly played the guitar, bass, drums, and sang. These instruments all make different sounds that go together really well, kind of like how different colors look nice when you put them together,
People liked the way these instruments sounded together, and so they kept making music with them. Some musicians also added keyboards to their bands, which made the music sound even better, And that’s why today, most rock bands still use the same instruments, because they sound really good together and people like to listen to them.
If you ever have the chance, either virtually or in person, see the effect that bass and drums have on a group jamming. It completely comes alive.
You just need some chords on top from there.
Horns and strings are OK but you need a whole section of players. One person on a piano or guitar can swap the whole section. Once electric amplification comes in the 50s, the guitar was in a league of its own because it was way way more portable than the keyboards of the time (real portable keyboards weren’t a thing till the 70s or 80s, and they were still heavy af)
So you are most likely gonna have guitars and pianos and electric amplification as the base for a lot of popular music (music made by non-professionals with limited budgets who then get noticed and catch on big).
Finally, electric guitars are far easier to play than most other instruments that actually sound OK. (Plus the electronic amplification makes it way, way easier to sound rich and full—a single note overdriven is pretty fat and fills up the sound well). Electric bass is the easiest instrument around as long as the music you are playing isn’t too complex.
Now that electronic music is available, we can create an act that rocks 1000 people with electronic software. Before that, the cheapest and easiest route to a loud, dance-able concert was a few people with guitars.
hello sir i will try to explain ,A long time ago, when people started playing rock music, they mostly played the guitar, bass, drums, and sang. These instruments all make different sounds that go together really well, kind of like how different colors look nice when you put them together,
People liked the way these instruments sounded together, and so they kept making music with them. Some musicians also added keyboards to their bands, which made the music sound even better, And that’s why today, most rock bands still use the same instruments, because they sound really good together and people like to listen to them.
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