Reggae is a music genre first developed in Jamaica in the late 1960s. While sometimes used in a broader sense to refer to most types of Jamaican music, the term reggae more properly denotes a particular music style that originated following on the development of ska and rocksteady.
Reggae is most easily recognized by the rhythmic accents on the off-beat, usually played by guitar or piano (or both), known as the skank. This pattern accents the second and fourth beat in each bar (or the "and"s of each beat depending on how the music is counted) and combines with the drums emphasis on beat three to create a unique feel and sense of phrasing in contrast to most other popular genres focus on beat one, the "downbeat". The tempo of reggae is usually felt as slower than the popular Jamaican forms, ska and rocksteady, which preceded it. It is this slower tempo, the guitar/piano offbeats, the emphasis on the third beat, and the use of syncopated, melodic bass lines that differentiates reggae from other music, although other musical styles have incorporated some of these innovations separately.
The 1967 edition of the Dictionary of Jamaican English lists reggae as "a recently estab. sp. for rege", as in rege-rege, a word that can mean either "rags, ragged clothing" or "a quarrel, a row".[3] Reggae as a musical term first appeared in print with the 1968 rocksteady hit "Do the Reggay" by The Maytals, but there are many different theories as to how the term originated. The music itself was faster than rocksteady, but tighter and more complex than ska, with obvious debts to both styles, while going beyond them both.
One person I know who play reggae is Bob Marley. I like the songs that he play : His best-known hits include "I Shot the Sheriff", "No Woman, No Cry", "Could You Be Loved", "Stir It Up", "Get Up Stand Up", "Jamming", "Redemption Song", "One Love" and, "Three Little Birds",[3] as well as the posthumous releases "Buffalo Soldier" and "Iron Lion Zion.
Robert Nesta "Bob" Marley,his true identity; OM (6 February 1945 – 11 May 1981) was a Jamaicanska, rocksteady and reggae band Bob Marley & The Wailers (1963–1981). Marley remains the most widely known and revered performer of reggae music, and is credited with helping spread both Jamaican music and the Rastafari movement to a worldwide audience. singer-songwriter and musician. He was the rhythm guitarist and lead singer for the
He is one of influencial reggae person in his time with The Wailers Band. Until now some of his album has still aired in some radio station and even present Rastafarai. His songs was so interesting in my own part because of the behind meanings of his songs.
Hawaiian music will also fit on the rhythm on reggae. This is also called by their place "An island Music".
I also try to listen of their music, I appreciated also the style of their music. Some Hawaiian bands I already heard are:
a. Kolohe Kai.- is a music group of Americans living in Hawaii. The lead singer, Roman De Peralta, is of Filipino descent courtesy of his Pagkalinawan and de Peralta families. The drummer is Caucasian and the rest of the band members are of mixed Hawaiian ancestry.
Some of their songs are:
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They have more albums release and it is one of the songs they release. One of the songs I like from the Kolohe Kia :
b. Rebel Souljahz
c. SOJA (Soldier of Jah Army)
d. Katchafire
e. Ho'onua
f. O-shen
g. Ten Feet
h. Justin
i. Natural Vibration
j. The Green
k.The Next Generation
l. Ekolu
m. Fiji
And many more reggae artist out there.
Try to listen on some of this artist and I hope you like the songs they made.
May all reggae lovers out their, will be still try to be island reggae lover.
