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搖滾樂，英文全稱為“Rock and Roll”，興起于20世紀50年代中期。自搖滾樂誕生以來，雖然各國樂評家和搖滾藝術(shù)家曾對其作過無數(shù)詮釋，但人們卻始終無法為搖滾樂找到一個各方認同的定義，甚至無法歸納出一個足以辨析搖滾與非搖滾樂的明確標(biāo)準。

Originating from the middle of 1950s,rock music means "Rock and Roll". Although musicians and artists in the world have been seeking the explanation of rock music since its birth, there has never been a widely recognized definition and standards distinguishing between rock and non-rock either.

盡管如此，每當(dāng)人們聽到或觀看音樂表演時，卻總能模糊地辨識出搖滾樂，而這完全依賴于搖滾樂及其演繹者所散發(fā)出的獨特魅力。

Nevertheless, people can easily recognize rock music while listening and seeing because of the unique charisma of the rock music and the players.

摩登隨意的外在形式 Modern and Casual Features

搖滾樂大家庭里有布魯斯（Blues）、搖滾（Rock and Roll）、重金屬（Heavy Metal）、朋克（Punk）等成員。雖然這些音樂形式風(fēng)格各異，但它們卻具有諸多相似的外在表現(xiàn)特點，即硬件上以吉他、貝司和鼓等樂器為主，配合大功效音響和諸多效果器；演唱方式上延續(xù)“半歌唱，半叫喊”（“Run Old Jeremailh”搖滾樂雛形）的傳統(tǒng)，并輔以快速、頓挫的節(jié)拍，盡情宣泄情感。以上二者也成為大眾用以區(qū)分搖滾樂和流行音樂的基本標(biāo)準。

Blues; rock; heavy metal; and Punk belong to the family of rock. Although each music has its own feature they have common factors, namely combination of instruments such as guitar; bass and drum with the assistance of mass amplifiers and sound device. The performance has a mix of singing and crying(Run Old Jeremiah was the embryo of rock) to express the emotion and passion of the players. All above are the public standards distinguishing between rock and nonrock.

除此以外，搖滾樂還有樂隊配合、舞臺設(shè)計、燈光效果等方面的特點，與硬件和演唱方式共同構(gòu)成了搖滾樂的外在形式。

Furthermore, rock music also has unique features in band system; stage design; lighting effects and etc,which formulates the standard form of rock with the unique instruments and performance.

拒絕順從的精神氣質(zhì) Rebellious Spirit

搖滾樂自誕生以來便因其獨特的內(nèi)容屬性，即通過音樂所承載的搖滾精神——一種追求自由、不順從大眾，不合作、不妥協(xié)的精神而深受全球青少年的喜愛。

Rock music has unique rebellious spirit, namely pursuit of freedom; rebellion; non-cooperation and uncompromising, which is deeply loved by global teenagers.

這種精神在其演繹者、搖滾藝術(shù)家的身上得到了充分體現(xiàn)，他們喜歡搖滾超過了其他任何音樂形式，并且不因外部環(huán)境的變化而動搖。

The spirit is fully demonstrated by players and artists.They mostly love rock music among all the music whether or not the environment changes.

搖滾精神與青少年叛逆心理間存在的諸多共性，也使它成為大眾判斷搖滾樂與流行音樂的另外一個標(biāo)準。

Rock spirit and youth rebellious spirit have common factors, which is other standard distinguishing between rock and pop music.

藝術(shù)不需要束縛，需要自由。搖滾樂是藝術(shù)的一種，在定義上，它沒有統(tǒng)一標(biāo)準。但實際上，搖滾樂形式上和內(nèi)容上的共性，可以看做是定義搖滾樂的另類標(biāo)準。

Art needs freedom instead of restrain. As a form of art, rock music has no definite standard. In fact, the common factors in content and performance can be regarded as the unique standards of rock music.