英语翻译早期摇滚的音乐来源非常广泛,主要的包括布鲁斯、R&B、和乡村音乐,其它还有福音音乐、传统的流行乐、爵士、以及民间音乐.所有的这些影响加在一起构成了一种简单的以布鲁斯为基础的歌曲结构,它是快速的、适于跳舞的、而且容易让人记住的.第一批摇滚明星们 — Chuck Berry,Elvis Presley,Little Richard,Jerry Lee Lewis,Buddy Holly,Bo Diddley,Bill Haley,Gene Vincent,the Everly Brothers,Carl Perkins,还有好多其它的明星 — 确立了摇滚乐的模式,并且在以后的四十年内都一直为人们所追随.在每一个十年当中,总是有很多艺人复制着第一批摇滚乐手们的音乐,而剩下的那些艺人,有的扩大了摇滚原先的定义、有的则彻底打破了这种流派被限定的模式.从英式入侵、民间摇滚、迷幻摇滚,再到硬摇滚、重金属、华丽摇滚,再到朋克,事实上每一种摇滚的分支流派在产生的最初都是忠于摇滚最基本的结构的.但是一旦这样的

Early rock music sources very extensive,mainly including Bruce,R & B,and country music,there are other Gospel music,traditional pop,jazz and folk music.All these effects together constitute a simple to Bruce-based song structure,it is quick,suitable for dancing,and easy to remember.The first batch of rock stars - Chuck Berry,Elvis Presley,Little Richard,Jerry Lee Lewis,Buddy Holly,Bo Diddley,Bill Haley,Gene Vincent,the Everly Brothers,Carl Perkins,there are many other stars - established rock the model,and in the subsequent 40 years have been followed by the people.In every decade,there is always a lot of artists copy of the first batch of rock hands to the music,while the rest of those artists,and some had expanded the definition of rock and roll,while others are completely break this to be confined to schools model.
From the British invasion,civil rock,magic rock,to hard rock,heavy metal,gorgeous rock,then punk,in fact every rock in the branches of the initial schools are the most loyal to the rock the basic structure.But if such a change occurred,the traditional pop rock from the list gradually disappeared - Of course,some artists have always maintained a shine.Some bands,such as the Rolling Stones and the Faces,they always adhere to the most basic rules of traditional rock,but their music in a more rapid more freely.Some other bands,such as the prototype punkers the Velvet Underground,the New York Dolls and the Stooges,they retained the basic structure of the music,but their actions are a more threatening element.