Tres obras del rock progresivo para la batería

Abstract

"The drums are an instrument that has been considered by many people as a simple element of rhythm, and they have not fully understood the range or stylistic scope that each of its physical components provides. For the past six years, I have been searching for a musical genre to express all my artistic concerns through this instrument, and that's where progressive rock appears as the best option to exploit and expand the knowledge received at the Academy and outside of it. But what is progressive rock? A short reference will be made below. "Progressive" is considered all rock from the seventies (specifically from the late sixties) that sought new artistic goals with a mixture of forms, accents, and nuances derived from Jazz, which was introduced by young music students in the late 1950s. They intended to fuse Jazz with a taste for baroque arrangements, the use of Renaissance chords, and experimentation with electronic music. This gave rise to the introduction of the term Progressive and/or Symphonic, but it is worth noting that the big difference between these two, Progressive Rock and Symphonic Rock, is their Format. In Progressive Rock, the use of guitar, pianos, synthesizers, the mellotron, bass, and drums began to be outlined, while Symphonic Rock generally used this same rock format but included the format of Symphonic music. In this era, the value of rock is relativized, questioning not only the goals but also the musical quality. Thus, a spontaneous movement was born from 1968 in small, disorderly, and isolated manifestations that later became more massive and with popular success1. It had its strongest exponents in countries like Germany, where the movement was called Kraut Rock or Herb Rock with bands like Tangerine Dream, Can, Popol-Vuh, etc."