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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I think the simple answer to this question is: The Rolling Stones.
Did they invent using a guitar-bass-drums-vocals setup to make rock music? No. But they were probably the most influential band on the way rock music developed over the following decades that almost exclusively stuck to that format.
Rhythm and blues=rhythm section and a lead playing/singing. Rock and roll grew from rhythm and blues.
Rhythm and blues=rhythm section and a lead playing/singing. Rock and roll grew from rhythm and blues.
I think the simple answer to this question is: The Rolling Stones.
Did they invent using a guitar-bass-drums-vocals setup to make rock music? No. But they were probably the most influential band on the way rock music developed over the following decades that almost exclusively stuck to that format.
I think the simple answer to this question is: The Rolling Stones.
Did they invent using a guitar-bass-drums-vocals setup to make rock music? No. But they were probably the most influential band on the way rock music developed over the following decades that almost exclusively stuck to that format.
mainly because of the music genre itself. as a semi-professionnel keyboardist, I can tell you it’s very hard to mimic the grooves and guitar rhythmics without breaking your forearm and wrist on a keyboard.
let alone the note slides and pitch bending that characterize rock music so much. as an example, listen to any rock songs made with MIDI and you will see how unnatural they sound.
mainly because of the music genre itself. as a semi-professionnel keyboardist, I can tell you it’s very hard to mimic the grooves and guitar rhythmics without breaking your forearm and wrist on a keyboard.
let alone the note slides and pitch bending that characterize rock music so much. as an example, listen to any rock songs made with MIDI and you will see how unnatural they sound.
mainly because of the music genre itself. as a semi-professionnel keyboardist, I can tell you it’s very hard to mimic the grooves and guitar rhythmics without breaking your forearm and wrist on a keyboard.
let alone the note slides and pitch bending that characterize rock music so much. as an example, listen to any rock songs made with MIDI and you will see how unnatural they sound.
Four guys can tour in a van or station wagon with these instruments. It’s *much* harder to get a band started if you’re playing harp, contrabass, and grand piano.
Adding to the other posts, guitars became standard in Blues, Country, and Jazz when Sears and Penneys sold them cheap on credit. Sharecroppers had very little cash, and most of their money went to the company store. But you could get a guitar mailorder for very little money down. Mandolins, banjos, pianos, harpsicords, and other common instruments were harder to get on credit. Once a lot of people had them, they became common in pawn shops, and instruction books became easy to find, as well as people who could teach you. So the guitar took off, and that formed the basis of Delta music where all three of those forms got their major start.
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