Rock and roll

Japanese: rock and roll(英語表記)rockandroll
Rock and roll

...It is a white version of black rhythm and blues, characterized by a beat that strongly accentuates the even beats of a four-beat rhythm. Disc jockey Alan Freed, who helped popularize this new music on his radio program at the time, began calling it rock and roll, and the shortened term rock'n'roll soon became common. Today, it is common to shorten it to rock.

*Some terminology that mentions "rock and roll" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…黒人のリズム・アンド・ブルースを白人化したもので,4拍子の偶数拍に強いアクセントを置いたビートを特徴とする。当時ラジオ番組でこの新しい音楽の普及に協力したディスク・ジョッキー,アラン・フリードが,これをロック・アンド・ロールrock and rollと呼び始め,やがて短縮されたロックンロールという呼方が一般化した。今ではさらに短くロックと呼ぶのが普通である。…

※「rock and roll」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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