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Toasting, chatting, or DJing is the act of talking or chanting over a rhythm or beat. This was initially developed in Jamaica during the 1960s. MCs from sound systems employed the technique to further enhance their dub plates. As time progressed the MCs would become more creative in their chants, eventually overshadowing the tunes they were initially supposed to enhance. This led to the earliest forms of what is now known as dancehall in Jamaica.See also:
- Voice instrumental music
- Scat singing
- onomatopoeia
- A cappellaA cappella music is vocal music or singing without instrumental accompaniment, or a piece intended to be performed in this way. A cappella is Italian for like the chapel (music the term is due to restrictions on the use of instruments in medieval churches
- Doo-wopDoo-wop is a style of vocal-based rhythm and blues music popular in the mid- 1950s to the early 1960s in America; the term was coined after the fact, by a DJ in the 1970s. The style was at first characterized by upbeat harmony vocals that used nonsense sy
- VocaleseVocalese is a style of jazz singing wherein lyrics are written for melodies that were originally part of an all-instrumental composition or improvisation. Where scat singing uses improvised nonsense syllables in solos, vocalese uses lyrics, either improvi
- Beatbox
For other meanings see Toast (disambiguation)Toast refers to several things: Toast is bread that has been browned by exposure to dry heat. A toast is a shared drink in honor of someone or something. Toast, North Carolina is a place in the United States. Toast is the name of a popular compact disc re
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