- Symphonic Progressive: classically influenced large-scale multi-movement works,
with Mellotrons or real orchestras providing a sufficiently grandiose background (Yes)
- Psychedelic Rock: sonar explorations using strong distortion, frequently abandoning
traditional song structures (Pink Floyd)
- Ambient: similar to psychedelic rock, but more quiet and meditative, with little
discernible structure or rhythm (Fripp & Eno)
- Fusion: mixture of rock and jazz, largely instrumental, combining frequent soloing with
complex rhythmic structures (Soft Machine)
- Progressive Folk: folk music instrumentation, partly electrified, applied to more elaborate
and complex songs (Jethro Tull)
- Canterbury Style: emerging from the Canterbury region in England, a symphonic
Prog-related style with dominant keyboards and emphasis on instrumental virtuosity,
combined with whimsical lyrics and song titles (National Health)
- Chamber Prog: long, complex, and polyrhythmic works played with a combination of
rock (guitar, drums, bass) and chamber music instruments (Univers Zero)
- RIO ('rock in opposition'): complex, extended pieces, sometimes including classical
instruments and operatic vocals; aiming to change society through music, expressing
socialist ideas in the lyrics (Henry Cow)
- Spacerock: mostly instrumental jams over relatively simple rhythms (sometimes
resembling reggae or rave), often using futuristic keyboard sound effects (Ozric Tentacles)
- Neo-Prog: simplified symphonic Prog (simpler structures and instrumentation, shorter
songs) emerging in the 80s; bands are often denounced as 'Genesis clones' (Marillion)
- Prog-Metal: extension of heavy metal into longer, more melodic songs and more
complex structures with more individual virtuosity (Dream Theater)
- Post-Prog: emerging term for recent music drawing from various of these and other
genres inside and outside Progressive Rock (Djam Karet)7
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