One-ton stone: how rock 'n' roll became heaviness: how rock 'n' roll became heavy

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https://doi.org/10.5965/2525530408022023e0103

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heaviness, heavy music, rock, electric guitar, saturation

Abstract

The present article presents a bibliographical research, within the field of study of musical genres, about the development of what is conventionally called “heaviness” sound over approximately seven decades of rock history, which in its origin did not have such a characteristic of sound aesthetics – although there were already its beginnings, with the saturation caused by the use of high amplitude in low-power amplifiers in the late 1940s and early 1950s – but which gradually became evident over time, becoming a constant concern of many musicians or even a defining feature of several rock subgenres.

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Leonardo Porto Passos, Universidade Estadual de Campinas

Professor at the Cinema and Audiovisual graduation course at Unimep. Master and doctoral candidate in Music from the Institute of Arts of the State University of Campinas (IA-Unicamp). Postgraduate student in Didactic-Pedagogical Processes for Distance Learning Courses at Univesp. Postgraduate in Training of Writers by the Instituto Vera Cruz (2013). Graduated in Letters by Unip (2008). Nics Researcher. Member of the C4 and Genecine research groups. Research in the areas of musical composition, sound design (sound design), soundtrack, sound communication for games (game audio), game design and development, ludology (game studies), audio programming, computational music, musical cognition, processing of audio signal (ASP), accessibility, musical genres, sonology (study of sound), systematic musicology, ethnomusicology and narratology. He works professionally as a composer, sound designer, audio programmer and narrative designer (screenwriter). Electric guitar player. Amateur programmer. Brazilian, married, born in 1978. https://www.leoportopassos.com.br/

Manuel Silveira Falleiros, Universidade Estadual de Campinas

Coordinator of the Interdisciplinary Nucleus of Sound Communication at Unicamp - NICS/Unicamp. Permanent Professor of the Graduate Program in Music at I.A./UNICAMP. Career researcher PQ-UNICAMP, CIDDIC/COCEN. Composer, improviser, saxophonist. Develops research in musical improvisation, contemporary musical practices, analysis of improvised music, creativity and creative processes. Coordinates the group Contemporary Improvisation, Creative Processes and Musical Cognition dgp.cnpq.br/dgp/espelhogrupo/5225053539670789. He directs the experimental music group Coletivo Improvisado. manufalleiros.com

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2023-09-08

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PASSOS, Leonardo Porto; FALLEIROS, Manuel Silveira. One-ton stone: how rock ’n’ roll became heaviness: how rock ’n’ roll became heavy. Orfeu, Florianópolis, v. 8, n. 2, p. e0103, 2023. DOI: 10.5965/2525530408022023e0103. Disponível em: https://revistas.udesc.br/index.php/orfeu/article/view/24006. Acesso em: 1 jul. 2024.

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Vol. 8 No. 2 (2023): Dossiê Música e Política

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