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Bebop or bop is a style of jazz developed in the early to mid - 1940s in the United States , which features songs characterized by a fast tempo , complex chord progressions with rapid chord changes and numerous changes of key , instrumental virtuosity , and improvisation based on a combination of harmonic structure , the use of scales and occasional references to the ___MASK27___ . An electric guitar is a fretted string instrument that uses a pickup to convert the vibration of its strings  which are typically made of steel , and which occurs when a guitarist strums , plucks or fingerpicks the strings  into electrical signals . The vibrations of the strings are sensed by a pickup , of which the most common type is the magnetic pickup , which uses the principle of direct electromagnetic induction . The signal generated by an electric guitar is too weak to drive a loudspeaker , so it is plugged into a guitar amplifier before being sent to a loudspeaker , which makes a sound ___MASK68___ enough to hear . The output of an electric guitar is an electric signal , and the signal can easily be altered by electronic circuits to add " color " to the sound or change the sound . Often the signal is modified using effects such as reverb and distortion and " overdrive ", with the latter being a key element of the sound of the electric guitar as it is used in blues and ___MASK95___ . ___MASK82___ is a music genre that originated in Jamaica in the late 1960s . The term also denotes the modern popular music of Jamaica and its diaspora . A 1968 single by Toots and the Maytals " Do the Reggay " was the first popular song to use the word " ___MASK82___ ," effectively naming the genre and introducing it to a global audience . While sometimes used in a broad sense to refer to most types of popular Jamaican dance music , the term " ___MASK82___ " more properly denotes a particular music style that was strongly influenced by traditional mento as well as American jazz and rhythm and blues , especially the New Orleans R & B practiced by Fats Domino and Allen Toussaint , and evolved out of the earlier genres ska and rocksteady . ___MASK82___ usually relates news , social gossip , and political comment . ___MASK82___ spread into a commercialized jazz field , being known first as  Rudie Blues , then  Ska , later  Blue Beat , and  Rock Steady . It is instantly recognizable from the counterpoint between the bass and drum downbeat , and the offbeat rhythm section . The immediate origins of ___MASK82___ were in ska and rock steady ; from the latter , ___MASK82___ took over the use of the bass as a percussion instrument . Soul music ( often referred to simply as soul ) is a popular music genre that originated in the United States in the late 1950s and early 1960s . It combines elements of African - American gospel music , rhythm and blues and jazz . Soul music became popular for dancing and listening in the United States ; where ___MASK4___ ___MASK28___ such as ___MASK43___ , Atlantic and Stax were influential in the civil rights era . Soul also became popular around the world , directly influencing ___MASK95___ and the music of Africa . ___MASK95___ is a genre of popular music that originated as " rock and roll " in the United States in the 1950s , and developed into a range of different styles in the 1960s and later , particularly in the United Kingdom and the United States . It has its roots in 1940s ' and 1950s ' rock and roll , itself heavily influenced by blues , rhythm and blues and country music . ___MASK95___ also drew strongly on a number of other genres such as electric blues and folk , and incorporated influences from jazz , classical and other musical sources . Benjamin Chase " Ben " Harper ( born October 28 , 1969 ) is an American singer - songwriter and multi - instrumentalist . Harper plays an eclectic mix of blues , folk , soul , ___MASK82___ and ___MASK95___ and is known for his guitar - playing skills , vocals , live performances , and activism . He has released twelve regular studio albums , mostly through ___MASK56___ and has toured internationally . Rhythm ( from Greek , " rhythmos ", " any regular recurring motion , symmetry " ) generally means a " movement marked by the regulated succession of strong and weak elements , or of opposite or different conditions " . This general meaning of regular recurrence or pattern in time can apply to a wide variety of cyclical natural phenomena having a periodicity or frequency of anything from microseconds to several seconds ( as with the riff in a ___MASK95___ song ); to several minutes or hours , or , at the most extreme , even over many years . Diamonds On the Inside is a 2003 ___MASK36___ by American singer - songwriter Ben Harper . Although he did not explicitly credit the Innocent Criminals for the first time in 10 years , all the touring members continue to support him on the ___MASK36___ . On this ___MASK36___ , Harper brought on several new additions to his band , the first being guitarist Nicky Panicci ( a . k . a . Nicky P ) in 2002 who is the first guitar player to be credited on a Ben Harper record . Panicci toured with Harper on the Diamonds on the Inside Tour for almost a year . After leaving Harper ' s band on his own accord , Marc Ford , formerly of The Black Crowes replaced Panicci and joined Harper ' s band . Rhythm and blues , often abbreviated as R & B or RnB , is a genre of popular African - American music that originated in the 1940s . The term was originally used by ___MASK4___ companies to describe recordings marketed predominantly to urban African Americans , at a time when " urbane , rocking , jazz based music with a heavy , insistent beat " was becoming more popular . In the commercial rhythm and blues music typical of the 1950s through the 1970s , the bands usually consisted of piano , one or two guitars , bass , drums , saxophone , and sometimes background vocalists . R & B lyrical themes often encapsulate the African - American experience of pain and the quest for freedom and joy . Lyrics focus heavily on the themes of triumphs and failures in terms of relationships , freedom , economics , aspirations , and sex . In music theory , a minor chord is a chord having a root , a minor third , and a ___MASK80___ fifth . When a chord has these three notes alone , it is called a minor triad . Some minor triads with additional notes , such as the minor seventh chord , may also be called minor chords . A ___MASK27___ (" singing , chanting "), also tune , voice , or line , is a linear succession of musical tones that the listener perceives as a single entity . In its most literal sense , a ___MASK27___ is a combination of pitch and rhythm , while more figuratively , the term can include successions of other musical elements such as tonal color . It may be considered the foreground to the background accompaniment . A line or part need not be a foreground ___MASK27___ . ___MASK56___ is a major record label first founded by English entrepreneur Richard Branson , Simon Draper , Nik Powell and musician Tom Newman in 1972 . The company grew to be a worldwide phenomenon over time with the success of its platinum performers such as Janet Jackson , Roy Orbison , Devo , Genesis , Keith Richards , the Human League , Culture Club , Simple Minds , Lenny Kravitz , dc Talk , the Smashing Pumpkins , Mike Oldfield , Spice Girls and more on their list of artists . It was later sold to Thorn EMI in 1992 . ___MASK90___ is a music genre that originated in the mid - 1960s when African American musicians created a rhythmic , danceable new form of music through a mixture of soul music , jazz , and rhythm and blues ( R & B ). ___MASK90___ de - emphasizes melody and chord progressions used in other related genres and brings a strong rhythmic groove of a bass line played by an electric bassist and a drum part played by a drummer to the foreground . ___MASK90___ songs are often based on an extended vamp on a single chord , distinguishing them from R & B and soul songs , which are built on complex chord progressions . ___MASK90___ uses the same richly - colored extended chords found in bebop jazz , such as minor chords with added sevenths and elevenths , or dominant seventh chords with altered ninths . The Black Crowes were an American rock band formed in 1989 . Their discography includes eight studio albums , four live albums and several charting singles . The band was signed to Def ___MASK42___ in 1989 by producer George Drakoulias and released their debut album , " Shake Your Money Maker ", the following year . The follow - up , " The Southern Harmony and Musical Companion ", reached the top of the " Billboard " 200 in 1992 . Both Sides of the Gun , is a Ben Harper ___MASK36___ released in 2006 . Split into two discs , the title suggests the two sides of Harper ' s musical nature . The first disc ( `` White '' ) is made of mostly acoustic and string - driven songs hinted at on the last track ( `` She ' s Only Happy In The Sun '' ) of Harper ' s previous ___MASK36___ Diamonds on the Inside . The second disc ( `` Black '' ) is made up of the more rock and upbeat material and touching on genres such as hard rock , ___MASK90___ and gospel . The ___MASK36___ saw Harper playing the majority of the instruments on both discs ; an approach that he had rarely used on his previous albums . However , the Innocent Criminals would appear on a few tracks whilst his later band , Relentless7 , would appear together for the first time on `` Serve Your Soul '' , the last track on the second disc . The ___MASK36___ became Harper ' s first US top 10 hit on the Billboard Hot 200 ___MASK36___ charts , entering and peaking at number seven on its release . To date , it is his highest ___MASK36___ entry in that chart . Hard rock is a loosely defined subgenre of ___MASK95___ that began in the mid - 1960s , with the garage , psychedelic and blues rock movements . It is typified by a heavy use of aggressive vocals , distorted electric guitars , bass guitar , drums , and often accompanied with pianos and keyboards . Music is an art form and cultural activity whose medium is sound and silence , which exist in time . The common elements of music are pitch ( which governs ___MASK27___ and harmony ), rhythm ( and its associated concepts tempo , meter , and articulation ), dynamics ( loudness and softness ), and the sonic qualities of timbre and texture ( which are sometimes termed the " color " of a musical sound ). Different styles or types of music may emphasize , de - emphasize or omit some of these elements . Music is performed with a vast range of instruments and vocal techniques ranging from singing to rapping ; there are solely instrumental pieces , solely vocal pieces ( such as songs without instrumental accompaniment ) and pieces that combine singing and instruments . The word derives from Greek  (" mousike "; " art of the Muses "). In its most general form , the activities describing music as an art form include the production of works of music ( songs , tunes , symphonies , and so on ), the criticism of music , the study of the history of music , and the aesthetic examination of music . Ancient Greek and Indian philosophers defined music as tones ordered horizontally as melodies and vertically as harmonies . Common sayings such as " the harmony of the spheres " and " it is music to my ears " point to the notion that music is often ordered and pleasant to listen to . However , 20th - century composer John Cage thought that any sound can be music , saying , for example , " There is no noise , only sound ."