Describe some aspects of country music that influenced early rock and roll.
What will be an ideal response?
a. Very steady beat.
b. Beat patterns in 2, 3, or 4 beats (4-beat patterns are most common in rock music).
c. Even beat subdivisions are used.
d. Harmonies usually simple triads (3-note chords without added notes).
e. Eight-bar periods composed of w four-bar phrases are most common (12-bar blues form also sometimes used).
f. Two-beat bass (bass alternating notes on beats 1 and 3 of a 4-bar pattern) often used.
g. Song lyrics about singer's feelings, tell stories, or describe events.
h. Singers often use a nasal tone quality and sound depressed.
i. Vocal duos, trios, and quartets with main melody in the middle, not on top.
j. Sliding between notes or chords used in some voices and instruments.
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What will be an ideal response?