Quote:
|
Originally Posted by Merkaba
But more often than not would you call it rock?
well, not rock, but with rock as its primary element.
|
Well rock is not always the primary element, it depends on the band and the sub-genre. A lot of prog, mainly
Symphonic Prog used classical music style structure, melody, rhythm and composition, but by using modern instruments instead of symphony orchestras, basicly classical music with rock instruments. Though some prog bands have more complex ensembles, King Crimson for example. Artists like ELP and Frank Zappa did versions of classical music pieces very often. Other styles of rock have more jazz influences, Gong, Soft Machine and Magma are examples of prog bands with heavy jazz leanings. Some styles of prog incorperate english folk influences, such as Jethro Tull, The Strawbs and Renaissance and some prog bands incorperate eastern influences into their music, bands like Quintessence.
So in short, prog is a style of rock that may or may not consider rock its primary element, because it tends to blend many genres, jazz and classical more than others. Its basicly a style of music that blends rock with more innovative ideals that stretch beyond just rock music. So if prog is really a sub-genre to rock, it is probably a sub genre to jazz and classical too. I think prog is just too unique and dificult to define to be put into the same catagory as other rock genres, i really believe its in a category of its own.
Threaded Mode