PROGRESSIVEROCK
Progressive rock
Progressive rock, also known as prog rock or prog, is a rock music subgenre that originated in the United Kingdom, with further developments in Germany, Italy, and France, throughout the mid-to-late 1960s and 1970s. It developed from psychedelic rock and originated, similarly to art rock, as an attempt to give greater artistic weight and credibility to rock music. Bands abandoned the short pop single in favor of instrumentation and compositional techniques more frequently associated with jazz or classical music in an effort to give rock music the same level of musical sophistication and critical respect. Songs were replaced by ...The above text is a snippet from Wikipedia: Progressive rock
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progressive rock
Noun
- A rock music genre originating from the late 1960s and early 1970s, heavily influenced by classical music and jazz
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