Surf (surf pop, surf music) - American music of the early 60s of the XX century, originally beach music, that is, for resort visitors and especially for surfers. The music is mostly instrumental, the beginning of the surf is Dick Dale’s original guitar style, from which it all began. Originally based on simple cyclic melodic drawings, the surf gradually became more significant musically. Thanks to Dick Dale and The Ventures, surf rock improved and achieved some success in the 1960s. Then followed the years of surf stasis, when even the founders of the genre (including The Beach Boys) departed from surf rock.
