reggae

n. Jamaican musical style characterized by syncopated rhythms and a moderate tempo (influenced by rock, soul, and calypso)

Reggae is a music genre developed in Jamaica in the late 1960s.The term 'reggae' is sometimes used in a broad sense to refer to most types of Jamaican music, although the word specifically indicates a particular music style that originated after the development of ska and rocksteady. Reggae is based on a rhythm style characterized by regular chops on the off-beat, known as the skank. The tempo is generally slower than that found in ska and rocksteady. Reggae is often associated with the Rastafari movement, which influenced many prominent reggae musicians in the 1970s and 1980s. Reggae song lyrics deal with many subjects, including faith, love, relationships, poverty, injustice and other broad social issues. Reggae usually has accents on the 2nd and 4th beat in each bar, there being four beats in a bar.
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Noun
1. popular music originating in the West Indies; repetitive bass riffs and regular chords played on the off beat by a guitar
(hypernym) popular music, popular music genre

n. reggae, Jamaican musical style characterized by syncopated rhythms and a moderate tempo (influenced by rock, soul, and calypso)

n. reggae, Jamaican musical style characterized by syncopated rhythms and a moderate tempo (influenced by rock, soul, and calypso)