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Rock Musicology
Garage Rock
History:
Garage rock was founded in the mid-1960's by a number of different American bands and was a simpler form of rock 'n' roll. It was inspired by British rock bands for example The Beatles and The Rolling Stones. The 1960s was a time of the civil rights movement, antiwar protests and the Vietnam war. But on the music side of things there was quite of music being put out that was protesting certain issues and there was also music that was clamming to listen to and dance to for example the Beatles.
Characteristics of Garage rock:
The main characteristic of garage rock is that most compositions use only 3 chords generally I, IV, V or ii, iii, vi. Garage rock mostly has an alternating strumming pattern when the guitars are playing the chords. The chords are mostly Barre chords or power chords with there sometimes having open chords. A power chord is when you play the root note and add the 5th.
Artists and Bands:
Some artists and bands from garage rock include: The White Stripes, The Hives, The Kills, The Stooges, 13th Floor elevators and MC5
Impact the style had on rock in the future:
Garage rock had a impact on rock with it inspired young teenagers start rock bands and change and alter the style into their own.
Song analysis: You're Gonna Miss Me - 13th floor elevators:
'You're Gonna Miss Me' by the 13th Floor Elevators is in common time/4 / 4 time and the speed is allegro with a BPM of 151 with the backbeat of a rock or pop song with an accent on the 2nd and 4th beat on every bar. The pitch of 'You're Gonna Miss Me' by the 13th floor elevators is low during the verses and higher during the choruses and the outro. The tonality is major with the chords being G, C, Am, Em and D. The structure of the song is an instrument intro, a verse, chorus, verse, chorus, instrumental, verse, chorus then an outro the finish the song. The texture of 'You're Gonna Miss Me' is reasonably thick throughout the song with the guitar always playing throughout the song with the bass and drums and the vocals coming in when the first verse starts. The start of the song starts with a stargared entry with the guitar starting then the bass and drums come in the the vocals come in when the verse starts. The tone colour of the song is bright and distorted with a bouncy/boppy beat to it. Finally the dynamics/expressive techniques of 'You;re Gonna Miss Me' by the 13th Floor Elevators are staccato, vibrato and accent.