Reggae

ORIGIN & MUSICAL INFLUENCES

-Reggae was born in the mid-1960s in Jamaica as a derivation of Rocksteady, Ska, traditional African music ...

- Subgenres: Roots Reggae, Dub.

-It dad much influence on pop music, techno or rap.

- Associated Rastafari culture.

- The most famous artist is Bob Marley

- Personal, social and political lyrics

INSTRUMENTS

- Voice

- Guitar

- Bass guitar

- Hammond organ

- Drumkit

FORM

- 8 musical sentences with 4 bars each one

- Basic structure: Verse-chorus-verse-chorus-verse

- Complete Structure: Intro-verse-chorus-bridge-verse-chorus-coda

MELODY & LYRICS

- Lyrics: against racism and do all kinds of discriminations.Personal, social and political topics

- Slow and catchy melodies

- Guitar solos

- Bass guitar plays a key role: it makes melodic and rhythmic hook

RHYTHM

- Slow rhythm

-  off-beat accent, in weak beats (2º and 4º) or subdivisions:

- Time Signature: 4/4

- Riddim: drumkit pattern and bass line (rhythmic section)

HARMONY

- Basic harmonic progressions: I-IV-V-I

                                                  I-V-vi-IV

                                                  I-V7-IV-I