A Scandinavian/Nordic form of entertainment music, growing out of the pop/rock explosion of the 1960s, and incorporating swing, schlagers, bland rock music, and sometimes light country music into the repertoire. In its early days, dansbandsmusik (tr. Dance Band Music) also made use of dance-friendly rock and roll standards. Its primary function is musical accompaniment to dancing, primarily for an audience not that much familiar with the more challenging aspects of rock, jazz, classical, etc. Still, the genre also works as listening music in its own right. Arrangement-wise, dance bands have to a certain degree given priority to vocals, keyboards, and saxophone. Guitar, although usually being played by vocalists, has had a rhythmic and harmonic, rather than melodic function, guitar soloing as such never opting for the spotlight. The genre had its heyday in the 1970s, and almost without exception, part and parcel of the dance band style was being dressed in identical, colorful, and glitzy suits. As for venues, dance bands have mostly performed in parks, hotels, at nightclubs, on ferries, and the like, performance patterns having changed only slightly since the early 1960s.