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The roots of rock instrumentation
Rock music developed from a variety of popular American musical genres, including country music, dance band music, jazz and blues. Most of the types of music that preceded rock were relatively undemanding in terms of the instruments they required - usually inexpensive guitars, fiddles, harmonicas and brass instruments that could often be bought cheaply. This tradition has been preserved in various forms of American folk music. The only percussion instrument in Cajun music, for example, is a triangle.
The invention of amplified guitars and bass guitars was originally intended to make these instruments easier to hear in dance bands. However, it soon became clear that this adaptation allowed a much smaller group to perform to a large audience. Just as important, it allowed the players to use the characteristics of amplified sound to give rock music a special feel. The drum set had already developed from a collection of assorted percussion instruments used in the theater into a sophisticated combination of instruments assembled for a specific purpose. The recording and broadcasting industries were progressing during the same period, making the marriage of roc music and technology inevitable.
Rock instruments
For the first generation of rock musicians, quality instruments were few in number and very expensive. Today, instrument technology is both far better and far cheaper. The core of a modern rock band will usually include:
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one or more guitarists, who generally use electric instruments played through amplifiers
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a bassist, typically playing an electric bass guitar through an amplifier; and
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a drummer, playing a specifically assembled set consisting of snare and bass drums, cymbals and snare less semi-pitched drums called tom-toms, or just toms.
Many bands also have a keyboard player. Today, in addition to the piano or the electronic organ, there is a wide variety of sophisticated electronic keyboard available.
Singing may involve a lead singer and possibly backup singers as well. They use microphones and a large amplification system called a PA system.