What is Rock music?
{{Infobox Music genre | name = Rock music | color = white | bgcolor = crimson | stylistic_origins = {{hlist|[[Rock and roll]]|[[rockabilly]]|[[electric blues]]|[[folk music]]|[[country music|country]]|[[blues]]|[[rhythm and blues]]|[[soul music]]}} | cultural_origins = 1950s in the [[United States]], 1960s in the [[United Kingdom]] and elsewhere | instruments = {{hlist|[[Singing|Singing vocals]]|[[electric guitar]]|[[Bass guitar|electric bass guitar]]|[[acoustic guitar]]|[[drum kit]]|[[synthesizer]]|electronic keyboards}} | popularity = Extremely high worldwide, since 1950s | derivatives = {{hlist|[[New Age music]]|[[Synthpop]]}} | subgenrelist = List of rock genres | subgenres = {{hlist|[[Alternative rock]]|[[Art rock]]|[[Baroque pop]]|[[Beat music]]|[[Britpop]]|[[Emo]]|[[Experimental rock]]|[[Garage rock]]|[[Glam rock]]|[[Grindcore]]|[[Group Sounds]]|[[Grunge]]|[[Hard rock]]|[[Heartland rock]]|[[Heavy metal music|Heavy metal]]|[[Instrumental rock]]|[[Indie rock]]|[[Jangle pop]]|[[Krautrock]]|[[Madchester]]|[[Post-Britpop]]|[[Power pop]]|[[Progressive rock]]|[[Protopunk]]|[[Psychedelic rock|Psychedelia]]|[[Punk rock]]|[[Rock noir]]|[[Soft rock]]|[[Southern rock]]|[[Surf music|Surf]]|[[Symphonic rock]]}} | fusiongenres = {{hlist|[[Aboriginal rock]]|[[Afro-rock]]|[[Anatolian rock]]|[[Bhangra|Bhangra rock]]|[[Blues rock]]|[[Country rock]]|[[Flamenco-rock]]|[[Folk rock]]|[[Funk rock]]|[[Glam punk]]|[[Indo-rock]]|[[Industrial rock]]|[[Jazz fusion]]|[[Pop rock]]|[[Punta rock]]|[[Raga rock]]|[[Raï rock]]|[[Rap rock]]|[[Rockabilly]]|[[Rockoson]]|[[Samba-rock]]|[[Space rock]]|[[Stoner rock]]|[[Sufi rock]]}} | regional_scenes = {{hlist|[[Argentinean rock|Argentina]]|[[Armenian rock|Armenia]]|[[Aussie rock|Australia]]|[[Belarusian rock|Belarus]]|[[Belgian rock|Belgium]]|[[Bosnian rock|Bosnia and Herzegovina]]|[[Brazilian rock|Brazil]]|[[Canadian rock|Canada]]|[[Chilean rock|Chile]]|[[Chinese rock|China]]|[[Colombian rock|Colombia]]|[[Cuban rock|Cuba]]|[[Croatian rock|Croatia]]|[[Danish rock|Denmark]]|[[Dominican rock|Domin