Difference between SKA, SOCA and REGGAE
Channel: Xyan Guitar
Date: 10/10/2020

In this video I break down the basic guitar riffs for all 3 genres. this will give especially foreigner a better understanding of which music they're listening to and better understand the culture 

                            SOCA

Soca music is a genre of music that originated in Trinidad and Tobago in the early 1970s and developed into a range of styles during the 1980s and after. ... Soca is an offshoot of Kaiso/Calypso, with influences from Latin and Cadence.

Cultural origins: Early 1970s; Afro-Caribbean Trinidad and Tobago

Parent genres: Calypso music, Reggaeton

Derivative forms: Coupé-décalé, Chutney music, Grime

                               SKA

Ska is a music genre that originated in Jamaica in the late 1960s and was the precursor to rocksteady and reggae. It combined elements of Caribbean mento and calypso with American jazz and rhythm and blues. Ska is characterized by a walking bass line accented with rhythms on the off beat.


Cultural origins: Late 1960s, Jamaica

Parent genre: ska-core

Derivative forms: Rocksteady, Reggae

                          REGGAE

Reggae is a music genre that originated in Jamaica in the late 1960s. The term also denotes the modern popular music of Jamaica and its diaspora. ... Reggae music is an important means of transporting vital messages of Rastafarianism.

Parent genres: Ska, Jazz, Rhythm and blues, Blues, Rocksteady, World music, Calypso music, More

Derivative forms: Dancehall, Dub, Hip hop music, Ragga, Jungle music, Drum and bass

Father: Robert Nesta Marley 

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