reggae

reggae
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.

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  • Reggae — Graffiti Reggae [ˈɹɛgeɪ, ˈɹɛgeː] ist eine aus Jamaika stammende Musikform. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1 Geschichte …   Deutsch Wikipedia

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  • reggae — [ rege ] n. m. et adj. inv. • 1973; mot angl. de la Jamaïque ♦ Musique jamaïcaine, à rythme syncopé, à structure répétitive. Adj. inv. Des groupes reggae (⇒ rastafari) . ● reggae nom masculin invariable (anglais reggae) Musique populaire… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • reggae —    Reggae first appeared in Britain in the sometimes illegal drinking and social clubs, known as the ‘blues dance’, following the Irish tradition for drinking dens or ‘shebeens’. It is in these early blues dances that the first reggae sound… …   Encyclopedia of contemporary British culture

  • reggae — (del inglés; pronunciamos reguei o rigui reguei o rigui ) sustantivo masculino 1. (no contable) Género musical popular jamaicano de ritmo simple y repetitivo: Bob Marley es el representante más conocido de la música reggae. 2. Tema …   Diccionario Salamanca de la Lengua Española

  • Reggae OK — was the Finnish entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1981, performed in Finnish by Riki Sorsa.The song was performed eighth on the night (following Yugoslavia s Seid Memić Vajta with Lejla and preceding France s Jean Gabilou with Humanahum ). At… …   Wikipedia

  • reggae — réggae (angl.) [pron. réghe] ( gae) s. n., art. réggae ul Trimis de gall, 28.02.2008. Sursa: DOOM 2 …   Dicționar Român

  • reggae — 1968, Jamaican English (first in song title Do the Reggay by Toots & the Maytals), perhaps related to rege rege a quarrel, protest, lit. ragged clothes, variant of raga raga, alteration and reduplication of English RAG (Cf. rag) (n.) …   Etymology dictionary

  • reggae — |réguei| s. m. [Música] Tipo de música popular de origem jamaicana.   ‣ Etimologia: palavra inglesa …   Dicionário da Língua Portuguesa

  • reggae — (izg. rȅge) m DEFINICIJA glazb. suvremena glazba koja se temelji na glazbenoj orijentaciji rhythm and bluesa, nastala 1960 ih na Jamajci, povezuje se uz rastafarijanstvo ETIMOLOGIJA engl …   Hrvatski jezični portal

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