misc:a_taxonomy_of_progressive_rock_forms
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A Taxonomy of Progressive Rock Forms
The ballad jam
Starts as as ballad and evolves into a jam. The jam is typically heavy. Often reprises the opening theme.
- Trilogy
- Thirty Years
- Can Utility and the Coastliners
- Take a Pebble
The extended ballad jam
Like the ballad jam but epic. The jam is definitely heavy.
- Stairway to Heaven
- Freebird
- Starless
The suite
Lots of seemingly unrelated bits strung together. Can have explicit movements or not.
- And You and I
- Karn Evil Number 9
- Supper's Ready
The instrumental
No words spoken.
- where to begin …
The drone
Typically instrumental. Literally a drone or drone via repetition.
- Alaska (opening)
- Aladdin's Bolero ⇒ or should there be a “The crescendo” class?
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