Editing Jangle (section)

{{Short description|Guitar sound and technique}}
{{for multi|the related music genre|Jangle pop|other uses|Jangle (disambiguation)|and|Jingle Jangle (disambiguation)}}
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[[File:1967 Rickenbacker 360-12 12 string electric guitar owned and photographed by Greg Field.jpg|thumb|upright=1|A [[Rickenbacker 360/12]], one of the most common guitars  used to produce "jangly"  sounds in the 1960s]]
'''Jangle''' or '''jingle-jangle''' is a sound typically characterized by undistorted, [[treble (sound)|treble]]-heavy electric guitars (particularly [[twelve-string guitar|12-string]]s) played in a [[drone (music)|droning]] [[chord (music)|chordal]] style (by strumming or [[arpeggio|arpeggiating]]). The sound is mainly associated with [[pop<!--- Source states that the term "implies a more pop, mainstream approach" and is heavily connoted with "indie pure pop" ---> music]]<ref name="Bannister"/> as well as 1960s guitar bands, [[folk rock]], and 1980s [[indie music]]. It is sometimes classed as its own subgenre, [[jangle pop]]. Music critics use the term to suggest [[guitar pop]] that evokes a bright mood.<ref name="KampDaly2005"/>

Despite forerunners such as [[Jackie DeShannon]], [[the Searchers (band)|the Searchers]] and [[the Everly Brothers]], [[the Beatles]] and [[the Byrds]] are more commonly credited with launching the popularity of jangle. The name derives from the lyric "in the jingle-jangle morning, I'll come following you" from the Byrds' 1965 rendition of [[Bob Dylan]]'s "[[Mr. Tambourine Man]]". Although many subsequent jangle bands drew significantly from the Byrds, they were not necessarily folk rock as the Byrds were.

Since the 1960s, jangle has crossed numerous genres, including [[power pop]], [[psychedelic music|psychedelia]], [[new wave music|new wave]], [[post-punk]], and [[lo-fi music|lo-fi]]. In the 1980s, the most prominent bands of early [[Alternative rock|alternative]] and [[indie rock]] were jangle pop groups such as [[R.E.M.]] and [[the Smiths]].<ref name="Bannister"/>