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| Stylistic origins:
| R&B, Jazz, Mento, Calypso, Nyabinghi drumming , Ska, Rocksteady
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| Cultural origins:
| 1960s onwards, Jamaica, especially Kingston
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| Typical instruments:
| Bass - Drums - Guitar - Organ - Brass - MelodicaThe melodica is a free-reed instrument similar to the accordion and harmonica. It has a musical keyboard on top, and is played by blowing air through a mouthpiece that fits into a hole in the side of the instrument. Pressing a key opens a hole, allowing a
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| Mainstream popularity:
| 1970sMillennia: 1st millennium 2nd millennium 3rd millennium Centuries: 19th century 20th century 21st century Decades: 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s 2020s Years: 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 Events and trends onwards, worldwide
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| Subgenres
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| Roots rock reggaeRoots Reggae is the name given to Rastafarian reggae music from Jamaica, which evolved from Ska and Rocksteady and made famous by the legendary singer/songwriter Bob Marley. Roots reggae is an inherently spiritual type of reggae music, the lyrics of which - DubDub is a form of Jamaican music, which developed in the early 1970s. Dub is characterized as a "version" of an existing song, typically emphasizing the drums and bass for a sound popular in local Sound Systems. The instrumental tracks are typically drench - Dub poetryDub Poetry is a form of performance poetry consisting of spoken word over reggae rhythms, that originated in Jamaica in the 1970s. Unlike Dee Jaying (also known as Toasting or Chatting) which also features the use of the spoken word, the Dub Poet's perfor - Dee jaying - DancehallDancehall is a type of Jamaican reggae which developed in the late 1970s. The style is characterized by a DJ singing and rapping or toasting over raw and danceable reggae music ( riddims). In the early years of dancehall, some found its lyrics as crude an - Ragga - Raggamuffin - Rockers reggae
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| Fusion genres
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| Reggaeton - Jamoo - Seggae - Trip hop - Drum and bass
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| National scenes
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| African - UK - Japanese - Dutch - Fijian - New Zealand - Slovenia - Spain
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| Other topics
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| Jamaica - Rastafarianism - Haile Selassie - Marcus Mosiah Garvey
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Reggae is an African Caribbean style of music developed on the island of Jamaica and is closely linked to the religion Rastafarianism, though not universally popular among its members. The origins of reggae can be found in traditional African Caribbean music as well as US R&B. Ska and rocksteady are 1960s precursors of reggae. In 1963 a young Jamaican boy named Jackie Mittoo was asked by a man named Coxsone Dodd to run sessions and compose original music at a studio on Brentford Rd. called Studio One. It was here at Studio One that Jackie Mittoo took the traditional ska beat and turned it into what we know know as reggae. Bob Marley, who later popularized the style on a world-wide basis, also recorded rocksteady records early in his career. The style of reggae he made famous is called roots reggae or roots rock reggae, and was and is still used by many artists such as Black Uhuru, Burning Spear, Culture, Prince Lincoln Thompson, Israel Vibration, Delroy Wilson, UB40, The Skatalites and Toots & the Maytals.
In Jamaica however, new styles are more popular, among them, dancehall and raggamuffin. Dub is an instrumental sub-style of reggae. Mixing techniques employed in dub probably influenced Hip hop, drum and bass and other styles. In any case, the toasting or dee jaying of raggamuffin reggae—first used by artists such as Dillinger or U-Roy—had a world-wide impact because Jamaican DJ Kool Herc used them as he came up with a new style later called hip hop or rap music. In the Jamaican sense of the word, a DJ is an MC or rapper, whereas the DJ is called (music) selector in Jamaica. Therefore what is called dee jaying or chatting in Jamaica is called rapping in most other parts of the world.
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