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Reggae

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

n. Popular music of Jamaican origin having elements of calypso and rhythm and blues, characterized by a strongly accentuated offbeat.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

n. A form of music originating in Jamaica and associated with Rastafarianism, featuring a heavy bass line, percussive rhythm guitar on the offbeat, often with close vocal harmonies.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

n. popular music originating in the West Indies; repetitive bass riffs and regular chords played on the off beat by a guitar

Word Usage

"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."

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