1. TRADITIONAL JAMAICAN MUSIC : REGGAE
Inma Jiménez Palma
2º ESO Verdi

2. Introduction
 Jamaica is an island country situated in
the Caribean sea
 Jamaican music includes many genres
such as :
 Mento
 Ska
 Rocksteady
 African music
 The most popular genre is Reggae

3. REGGAE
 Reggae is a music genre that originated
in Jamaica in the late 1960s
 Its typical instruments are:
 Bass
 Drums
 Organ
 Melodica

4. Reggae singers
 There are two important reggae singers:
 Bob Marley (6 February 1945 – 11 May 1981)
was a Jamaican reggae singer-songwriter,
musician, and guitarist
 Peter Tosh (19 October 1944 – 11 September
1987) was musician, singer and songwriter

5. VIDEO
 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CHekNn
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