Rock

I have chosen Progressive Rock as my sub genre of rock. It is more artistic. In a sense creativity is derived from the use of artistic chord development and staying away from mainstream chord progression. Sample bands that can be classified as progressive are: Pink Floyd, Rush, Coheed and Cambria, Dance Gavin Dance, and And We Answer. It is is an experimental form of rock that uses jazz chords. It has been described as jazz fusion in some instances. A key characteristic of Progressive music is that is normally free form. The listener doesn't expect the music to go where it normally ends up. The music also incorporates obscure time signatures. Some songs experiment with different time signatures like duple and triple meter in the same song. The genre gets definition from the new focus from experimenting with various types of compositions instead of focusing on lyrically based progression. Most progressive songs sound different from one another because that is the goal of progressive music. It's supposed to sound different than anything else out there in the world. The atypical sound of progressive music is what drives the genre to keep creating more and more unique sounds. Progressive rock sound very different from other types of rock like screamo and alternative. Although there is not as much focus on lyrics, there are still lyrics in progressive songs but they normally do not fuel the creative spirit of the music as much as the composition of the music itself does.

That's Progressive!