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What is Reggae?
Where did it originate from?
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- Reggae, style of popular music that originated in Jamaica in the late 1960s and quickly emerged as the country’s dominant music. By the 1970s it had become an international style that was particularly popular in Britain, the United States, and Africa. The music has regular chops on the back/off beat. These are called “skank” usually played by a guitarist
Ska and Rocksteady
Ska
- Ska developed in Jamaica in the 1960s when sound systems were made to play American rhythm & blues popularised by Prince Buster, Clement "Coxsone" Dodd, and Duke Reid formed in Jamaica . Then when blues trend finished they began recording their own songs.
rocksteady
- A successor of ska and a precursor to reggae, rocksteady was performed by Jamaican vocal harmony
- The term rocksteady comes from a dance style that was mentioned in the Alton Ellis song "Rock Steady"
WHAT IS SKANKING?
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WHAT IS SKANKING?
- The bizarre, wild dance done to the music known as Ska. Not to be confused with a, "skank" skanking resembles running in place while flailing your arms.
INSTRUMENTS
INSTRUMENTS
- Reggae bands use :
- Electric guitar
- (steel/normal)drums
- Bass
- keyboard
- organ
- horns.
5 ARTISTS
Robert Nesta Marley
JIMMY CLIFF
Gregory Isaacs
Michael Rose
Peter Tosh
5 BANDS
BLACK UHURU
BOB MARLEY & THE WAILERS
UB40
THIRD WORLD
Steel Pulse
5 REGGAE SONGS
No Woman, No Cry - Bob Marley
COULD YOU BE LOVED - Bob Marley
Buffalo Soldier - Bob Marley
Welcome to Jamrock - Damian Marley
Kingston Town - UB40
RASTAFARI MOVEMENT ?
RASTAFARI MOVEMENT
- Rastafari is an African religion which developed in Jamaica in the 1930s, following the coronation of Haile Selassie I as Emperor of Ethiopia in 1930
- This encouraged love and equality for white and black (not being racist) .
- The three colors are also those of Ethiopia's flag. And to a Rasta, each color has a symbolic meaning: red represents the blood, green the beauty of Africa/Ethiopia, and gold/yellow, the wealth of Africa/Ethiopia.
HOW IT GOT TO THE USA?
HOW IT GOT TO THE USA?
- Reggae has spread to many countries across the world, often incorporating local instruments and fusing with other genres.
- It reach USA through South America as it was sung by Latin Americans in South America and then started spreading.
HOW DID REGGAE BECOME POPULAR ?
BECAUSE OF BOB MARLEY
BOB MARLEY
- Full name:Robert Nesta "Bob" Marley
- Born: February 6, 1945, Nine Mile, Jamaica Died: May 11, 1981, Miami, Florida, United States Wife: Rita Marley (m. 1966–1981) Parents: Cedella Marley-Booker, Norval Marley
