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The rock singing style is straightforward and narrative, whereas the R&B singing style involves florid melisma and other embellishments. It can also be noted that female singers are much more prevalent in R&B than they are in rock, where male singers strongly predominate.
- How is rhythm and blues different from rock and roll?
- What did rock n roll take from the style of rhythm n blues?
- What makes rock and roll unique?
- Did rock and roll come from rhythm and blues?
How is rhythm and blues different from rock and roll?
Rhythm and blues soon sparked its own variant in the mid-1950s: rock 'n' roll. This style was like rhythm and blues, only louder, more sexualized, and with more emphasis on the electric guitar. Unlike rhythm and blues, rock 'n' roll was embraced by white bands and listeners.
What did rock n roll take from the style of rhythm n blues?
Rock and roll emerged as a defined musical style in the United States in the early to mid-1950s. It derived most directly from the rhythm and blues music of the 1940s, which itself developed from earlier blues, the beat-heavy jump blues, boogie woogie, up-tempo jazz and swing music.
What makes rock and roll unique?
A blend of African-American and white musical traditions, rock and roll challenged existing social norms, including the segregation of the races. Rock and roll also became the soundtrack of a youthful generation defying the expectations of their parents.
Did rock and roll come from rhythm and blues?
The immediate roots of rock and roll lay in the rhythm and blues, then called "race music", in combination with either Boogie-woogie and shouting gospel or with country music of the 1940s and 1950s. Particularly significant influences were jazz, blues, gospel, country, and folk.
