CHARACTERISTICS OF MUSIC IN JAMAICA AND BOB MARLEY

CHARACTERISTICS OF MUSIC IN JAMAICA

● The music of Jamaica Jamaican folk music encompasses as many genres of popular music, such as mento, ska, rocksteady, reggae, dub, dancehall, reggae and other styles associated fusion ● The Jamaican American musical culture mix musical elements, such as: -rhythm and blues - rock and roll -soul

REGGAE

Reggae is a music genre that was born in Jamaica in the mid-1960s It became really popular since 1970 The reggae music genre is characterized by slower than ska and rocksteady music The reggae guitar used to put emphasis on either the third pulse or to keep the line from the second to the fourth.

Uses instruments like guitar, bass, drums, hammond organ

guitar Bass

Hammond organ

drums

BOB MARLEY

Robert Nesta Marley Booker, better known as Bob Marley, was a musician, guitarist and composer Jamaican. Born on February 6, 1945, in Nine Mile (Saint Ann), Jamaica He died on 11 May 1981 to 36 years in Miami (Florida), United States He had 14 children: Damian Marley, Ziggy Marley, Stephen Marley, Ky-Mani Marley, Rohan Marley, Julian Marley, Cedella Marley, Isaac Marley, Stephanie Marley, Imani Carole Marley, Sharon Marley, Robbie Marley, Karen Marley, Makeda Marley

Their record label was: Island Records, Tuff Gong, Beverley's, Studio One, Trojan Records, St. Claire, Universal

His online page it´s: http://www.bobmarley.com

You can watch this video, of Bob Marley, that it´s one of most famous songs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2XiYUYcpsT4

Made by María Pajares