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 * Thesis: The changes in Reggae music reflect the changes in Jamaican culture.**

1. What makes reggae from the 1960's different today? 2. How did this type of music began? 3. Did the music ever changed throughout the years?
 * Questions:**

As for my Ethnomusicology project, I am going to research deep into reggae music. When I think of today's reggae music, I think about how girls are shaking their butt for the guys and a lot of hip movement. But, I wanna know was this the type of dance back in the 80's. I hope there is enough info here for you to understand the style of reggae musicality.
 * Research plan:**

It was developed in Jamaica in the late 1960's. It started making its name in 1960's after Jamaica received their independence on August 6, 1962. It’s based off of rhythmic style characterized. It was influenced from traditional African, American jazz, and old rhythm and blues. Reggae music was the life and soul of the Jamaican people. Emotions experience their culture and understand they love and sincerity they receive from their music. Also most reggae songs are about Rastafarian religion and social concerns. Not only that, but reggae was also based more about love and socialization. It usually accents the second and fourth beat in each bar. Played at 4/4 times or swing time.The instruments that they used were drums, bass, guitar, keyboards, horns, and vocals. They usually have swing time and 4/4 time. Swing time is notes with equal written time values are performed with unequal durations, usually as alternating long and short.
 * Findings:**

Ska starts in the late 1950’s. It was Jamaican's first own style of music. Ska is an upbeat style of Jamaican pop music.During the 1960’s youth from the ghetto was looking for a job but couldn’t find one so they excluded themselves and were known as the “rude boys.” Rude boys means that society thinks that you’re a nobody. Ska was combined with punk rock music from England and the rhythms of Jamaican ska. Skinheads was a group of black and white people who sang ska. Ska has a slow and relaxing style of music. This was popular in the time of the swing dance. Ska was influenced under Soul music. Which is very interesting because I thought it was influenced under jazz, rhythm and blues, etc. By the end of 1960's ska had changed into "rock steady." The instruments was a huge part of the change. The horns was no longer there, it was replaced with guitar and the bass was the main instrument to lead the song. The guitar is the rhythmic emphasis and it usually plays off beat while the bas play the melodic pattern.
 * Ska:**

It was developed in the late 1960's. Reggae means a "ragged" dance style. Reggae is based on a rhythm style characterized by regular chops on the off-beat, known as the skank. Bob Marley was one of the main artist who sung songs about Rastafarian religion, but as time goes by, it all changed. Reggae has moved from soulful music of Bob Marley to a dancing and party music which is call "Danceball." it's similar to hip-hop music and it's mainly partying and have a good time.
 * Reggae:**


 * Verdaderos- Skinhead (1969)**

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 * Get Busy- Sean Paul (2002)**

This is today's reggae music. media type="file" key="SEAN PAUL - GET BUSY.mp3" width="240" height="20"


 * U.S. Census (1960's)

Religion:** Religion census started in 1906. The 1906's Census of religion was the most complication organization because of the immigrants.