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Rock music and rock and roll bands typically use electric guitar for the high range, and thus deploy violin only exceptionally. Nevertheless, some rock musicians have experimented with violin in a rock setting as either part of the backup (such as Paul McCartney's "Eleanor Rigby") or as a dual lead instrument sharing the spotlight, or ...
Vocals, keyboards, and electric violin were performed by Jobson. Two years later, Jobson made a significant genre shift from progressive rock music to the stylings of new age with Theme of Secrets. This 1985 release by new-age record label Private Music, was recorded solely using Synclavier and samples.
Five songs for voice with violin accompaniment in quarter-tones to texts by Karel Hynek Mácha (1936, performed at the 1938 ISCM Festival in Paris) 3 Duos for 2 quarter-tone clarinets (1972) Suite for quarter-tone piano (1935-36) Milan Ristić. Duo for violin and violoncello, Op. 11 (1938) [citation needed]
Steinhardt's violin was a distinctive element of the group's sound, being defined more by heartland rock than the jazz and classical influences which most progressive rock violinists followed. The band slowly developed a cult following due to promotion by Kirshner and extensive touring for the debut album and its two follow-ups, Song for ...
The Flock was an American, Chicago-based jazz rock band, that released two albums on Columbia Records in 1969 and 1970 (Dinosaur Swamps). [1] The Flock did not achieve the commercial success of other Columbia jazz-rock groups of the era such as Chicago and Blood Sweat & Tears, but were recognized for featuring a violin prominently in their recordings.
Stacker compiled a list of 20 iconic rock songs written on the spot, consulting historical records, music charts, and magazine interviews.
When asked to describe their genre, Caroline Corr said it was a "blend of modern rhythms and technology with acoustic instruments, violin, tin whistle, drums and of course the voices, the marrying of these instruments is our sound". [75] The Corrs' music is typically categorised as a mixture of pop rock and folk rock.
Don Francis Bowman "Sugarcane" Harris (June 18, 1938 – November 30, 1999) [1] was an American blues and rock and roll violinist and guitarist. He is considered a pioneer in the amplification of the violin. [2]