...in Ska music?

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Answer by Rob
Submitted on 5/22/2007
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Ska is a Jamaican music from the early 1960's that has had three major peaks of popularity in the years since, also known as "Waves." Ska has one of the richest histories of any music genre with a great sound that anybody can fall in love with and has provided a way for people dress, act, and even live their own lives. Ska is more than just a music genre, it is a culture. Ska is commonly played with an arrangement of horns (trumpet, trumbone, saxophone, [tuba?], etc.) and the basic electric/acoustic guitar, bass guitar, drums, and on occasion a keyboard. Ska has been known to have a "Two-Tone Beat" as describes in the song "Skankin' By Numbers" by the ska band Mustard Plug and the guitar usually is played with an upstroke with a greater emphasis on the 2nd, 3rd, and 4th beats. Ska in the present-day has been fused with the punk sound to create the genre known as "Ska-Core" and has also been fused with other genres to create new sounds. www.myspace.com/notlame3 or minivertramp3@yahoo.com If anybody wants to ask any questions, I will be more than happy to answer them.

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Question by SkatOonS
Submitted on 3/15/2004
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What is in Ska music?

Answer by skanoliGht
Submitted on 3/26/2004
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ska is a Jamaica dance music

Answer by Troy
Submitted on 3/29/2004
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http://www.skullyrecords.com/sowhat.htm This may help...

Answer by chris
Submitted on 4/19/2004
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what instruments are in ska

Answer by buthead
Submitted on 4/20/2004
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its awesome music! It rocks my socks... REEL BIG FISH!!!!!!

Answer by skatanic52292
Submitted on 5/26/2004
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REEL BIG FISH ROCKS!!

Answer by G
Submitted on 10/11/2004
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real big fish are SKA/POP the Skatalites are real ska

Answer by skachick10909
Submitted on 11/4/2004
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everyone check out the planet smashers they ROCK and there Canadian

Answer by ONECOOLGUY
Submitted on 11/28/2004
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for some good ska listen to some, MAD CADDIES~JUST ONE MORE.... ONE COOL GUY.... THE SPITVALVES.... CATCH 22.... REEL BIG FISH.... out of all of those the mad caddies blow them out of the water

Answer by Madd About Mad Caddies
Submitted on 5/19/2005
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Ska is just an awesome mix of rock and jazz i guess. I is based on the trombone and has saxophones and trumpets and such. Great to dance to! Mad Caddies, Reel Big fish, and Less Than Jake ROCK!!!!!!!

Answer by Krazyart
Submitted on 6/8/2005
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Ska is awesomely awesome and reel big fish rocks my world!

Answer by parker A
Submitted on 9/22/2005
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SKA MUSIC CONTAINS drums, trumpets, saxaphones and guitars

Answer by moniska89
Submitted on 9/24/2005
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ska is a mix between reggae, swing, jazz and other spiffy types of music. when you listen to ska you are supposed to "do the skank" hahahahha besides who doesn't want t yell that out "hey look im doing the skank!!" that's always a plus!

Answer by Waffle
Submitted on 10/4/2005
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any instruments can be used. ska is often set apart from other music for using brass instruments. Reel Big Fish is ska-core. Not ska. Shut up.

Answer by Dan. in the 909
Submitted on 10/6/2005
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Ska music is a branch of reggae, that was born in the 60's. Its a mix of reggae and rock; you got the electric guitar going,the you got the trumpets.ITS F@#%'N AWESOME, MAN.

Answer by Dan. in the 909
Submitted on 10/6/2005
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2nd part to my answer. I believe that the genius was "Clement 'Coxsone' Dodd", but not only did he "invented" ska he also gave Bob Marley a career by "inventing" Reggae. Oh, and as far as "whats in ska music". like i said in the first part; elect. guitar,trumpets, bass, drums, saxoffon, and i can't remember the name but they look like a drum but like 3 feet long. and anyone that likes ska will love to hear some Spanish ska, like; Panteon Rococo, Quince lettras. I really don't understand the lyrics but man the music... ROCKS.

Answer by The jolly random
Submitted on 6/11/2006
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Answer by ska Guy
Submitted on 11/3/2005
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The instruments in ska can vary. Ska usually has some brass instruments eg. Trumpets, trombones, saxs. It also has guitars basses drums and organs.

Answer by zippy
Submitted on 11/26/2005
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its quite enjoyable

Answer by heidizimm
Submitted on 11/27/2005
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REEL BIG FISH IS AMAZING!! skankin' girl mustard plug, five iron frenzy--good stuff!

Answer by skatastic104
Submitted on 12/17/2005
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ska is like a nifty mix of reggae and punk. twisted and morphed to create something you cant resist dancing to.

Answer by k.c
Submitted on 2/2/2006
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what instruments do people play in ska?

Answer by lisa
Submitted on 3/6/2006
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alot of people when they talk about ska always go like "drop it,pick it up pick it up pick it up" what song is that from?

Answer by Blood Sausage
Submitted on 3/16/2006
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Ska is an old jamaican style of music but your talking about 3rd wave revival ska which is a combonation of punk and trombones. its happy fun music that awesome to skank too, which is a silly dance for ska music. reel big fish, big d and kids table and similar bands are 3rd wave revvial ska

Answer by ska.Check
Submitted on 5/9/2006
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I really love ska, there are many ska bands in the world that i really love to shake my but too. But I'm with you guys, i love RBF!!