One drop, steppers, and rockers.
There are various styles that are used in Caribbean music. Some of the main styles used are zouk, calypso, soca, reggae, and cadence-lypso.
Reggae influenced Dub, dancehall, dub step and Reggaton (South American music with a Reggae time signature but a club feel like Pitbull or Daddy Yankee). It also had an effect on the foundation of Rap and Hip Hop. It stems from Jamaica and Great Britain as Jamaica was a Colony of the British Empire. It was a way to voice political idealisms and opinion, it has had a huge impact on African music as well.
First there was Ska, out of which evolved Rocksteady, which in turn became Reggae, which has developed into a number of different styles: Roots, Dub, Dub Poetry, Toasting, Lover's Rock, Niyabingi (traditional drumming and chanting) and Dancehall (both Slack and Conscious).There are different types of reggae. These are often a clash between two music genres that make up a sub-genre. Ragga Metal is one. Ragga Metal is a clash between reggae and metal. We also have the reggae-fusion, hip-hop - rap kinda reggae which is reggae with a more rap singing instead of the ''typical'' reggae singing style. Rap with a reggae kinda beat.
Mento, Rocksteady, & Ska are Jamaican Music's that were precursors to Reggae. All of which were heavily influenced by American Music such as Blues, R&B, Jazz, Rock and even Country music blended with Gospel & traditional African Riddim's, Religion & Culture.
Bob Marley's style of music was reggae, a slow and peaceful kind of music. It is also very soothing.
There are various styles that are used in Caribbean music. Some of the main styles used are zouk, calypso, soca, reggae, and cadence-lypso.
Reggae
There are many types of Jamaican music but by far the most popular is reggae.
Marabi and Afrikaans music are some classic South African music styles. Reggae, gospel and kwaito are some more modern styles popular in South Africa.
Reggae influenced Dub, dancehall, dub step and Reggaton (South American music with a Reggae time signature but a club feel like Pitbull or Daddy Yankee). It also had an effect on the foundation of Rap and Hip Hop. It stems from Jamaica and Great Britain as Jamaica was a Colony of the British Empire. It was a way to voice political idealisms and opinion, it has had a huge impact on African music as well.
First there was Ska, out of which evolved Rocksteady, which in turn became Reggae, which has developed into a number of different styles: Roots, Dub, Dub Poetry, Toasting, Lover's Rock, Niyabingi (traditional drumming and chanting) and Dancehall (both Slack and Conscious).There are different types of reggae. These are often a clash between two music genres that make up a sub-genre. Ragga Metal is one. Ragga Metal is a clash between reggae and metal. We also have the reggae-fusion, hip-hop - rap kinda reggae which is reggae with a more rap singing instead of the ''typical'' reggae singing style. Rap with a reggae kinda beat.
Mento, Rocksteady, & Ska are Jamaican Music's that were precursors to Reggae. All of which were heavily influenced by American Music such as Blues, R&B, Jazz, Rock and even Country music blended with Gospel & traditional African Riddim's, Religion & Culture.
Bob Marley's style of music was reggae, a slow and peaceful kind of music. It is also very soothing.
bob Marley sung reggae songs and was very famous for it.
Here i an article that i just did. It tells you a little yard style to reggae music. http://musicouch.com/genres/reggae/what-is-reggae-music-where-to-hear-it/ Enjoy!
It is a type of Dance you do to Reggae Music.
Reggae(Apex)