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Rock
Rock is a broad popular music style often built around drums, bass, guitars, vocals, and strong rhythmic energy.
Level relevance: introduced at Nat 3; tagged for every later level where the same concept remains useful.
Explanation
In Music Technology, rock is relevant for recording live instruments, guitar tone, drum balance, vocal production, and recognising style features.
Topics
Styles and genresListeningProduction
Curriculum statusofficial concept
Review statusdraft
Sources
- National 5 Music Technology course specification, May 2023, version 3.0 · accessed 2026-07-08
Used for the National 3, National 4, and National 5 technology and music concept tables.