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Why do people tend to claim th(...) 10/05/25(Sun)17:13:21 No.127978222

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Why do people tend to claim that rock music redefined harmony? Anonymous 10/05/25(Sun)17:13:21 No.127978222

I was recently watching a video on accordions and the guy in the video talked about how the chords were laid out on the left hand of an accordion in the way people thought of music hundreds of years ago which "doesn't apply today's music because of rock and roll".

But if I look at the bass chart of an accordion, it seems perfectly fine, if not perfect, for playing rock music accompaniment. You can play I–V–vi–IV without even moving your hand, rock generally uses simple chord progressions but it's not like they use harmony that is drastically different to the harmony of music that the accordion was designed for besides having less chords, i guess. It just doesn't make much sense to me. I get that maybe it refers to rock's usage of power chords but even then, plenty of rock music uses perfectly normal triads as well. I just don't get this statement.

Not trying to start an argument, I just know jack shit about rock harmony, I guess. Can someone who is into rock and has a bit of musical knowledge explain this?