rock bands
Amplified musical acts
Rock bands are musical groups centered on electric guitars, bass, and drums, playing rock music and its many subgenres.
The term emerged in the 1960s as amplified popular music diverged from orchestras and jazz ensembles.
A rock band typically has three to five members: The rock bands of the British Invasion changed American music forever.
The phrase can describe everything from garage bands to arena-filling acts.
- headlinerTop-billed performer
- guitarFretted stringed instrument
- heavy metalAggressive amplified rock genre
- power chordRoot-fifth guitar voicing
- guitar soloUnaccompanied string passage
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- Battle of the Bandsjudges, stage, amplifiers, amps, drums
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Large classical music ensembles
choirs · opera companies · philharmonic orchestras · string quartets · barbershop quartets