what is the definetion of rock?

Question

what is rock?what does it mean?

music of course, tell me what is rock music?is jus playin guitars?is it music with gutairs in it?

Answer 1

Look it up in the dictionary.

Answer 2

OK, let's see... a definition from the dictionary at answers.com says that rock (pronounced "rŏk") is a <> (I'd prefer to have a true dictionary then). Now, according to my 8Th grade teacher, the idiom "rock & roll" might derive from the fact that a rock, when falling down a cliff, a mountain or something like that keeps rolling and rolling and it reaches a point that is hard to stop it; unless it goes down a precipice or something huge enough definitely stops it. Back in the late fifties rock & roll became so popular among teenagers that almost nothing could stop them from "rock-and-rolling," and nowadays we just say "rock" to define a specific yet broad kind of music... Note: i'm not intended to study ethymologies or something by the way, I'm currently a mecathronics student. ;-)

Answer 3

A rock is a naturally occurring aggregate of minerals and/or mineraloids. Rocks are classified by mineral and chemical composition, by the texture of the constituent particles and by the processes that formed them.
I music Rock means a form of popular music from the late 20th century which typically features a vocal melody (often with vocal harmony) that is supported by accompaniment of electric guitars, a bass guitar, and drums, often with a strong back beat.
Rock and roll emerged as a defined musical style in America in the late 1940's, when it was called R&B.Rocking was a term first used by black gospel singers in the American South to mean something akin to spiritual rapture. By the 1940s, however, the term was used as a double entendre, ostensibly referring to dancing, but with the hidden subtextual meaning of sex; an example of this is Roy Brown's "Good Rocking Tonight." In 1951, Cleveland, Ohio, disc jockey Alan Freed began playing this type of music for a multi-racial audience. Freed is credited with coining the phrase "rock and roll" to describe the rollicking R&B music.

Answer 4

Rock what? Music? Or the sort that you throw at people who annoy you?

If it's the music:
Rock is a form of popular music from the late 20th century which typically features a vocal melody (often with vocal harmony) that is supported by accompaniment of electric guitars, a bass guitar, and drums, often with a strong back beat.

Google it up, it's good exercise for your fingers.

Answer 5

a genre of popular music originating in 1950's...
a blend of Black rhythm and Blues with white country and western...

and the most important, rock is very cool...

Answer 6

For resources on rock check: http://www.rockinrocknroll.com/

Answer 7

it's music to freak out, rattle, and annoy your parents with. and mostly just to make your parents look at u funny and the shake their heads in disbelief.

Answer 8

rock is the solid thing

Answer 9

It wins against scissors and loses to paper.

Answer 10

if it rocks, then it is rock