ska

[Nickynoodles]

Does anyone know what the term SKA music means?

[shaneystar2]

The word "ska" may have onomatopoeic origins in a tradition of poetic or possibly even musical rhythms. Guitarist Ernest Ranglin said that "the offbeat guitar scratching that he and other musicians played was referred to as 'skat! skat! skat!'"
Tells you all about it here

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ska

[diddelyo]

ska music is reggie music

[lankeela]

Is that as in Kray? Or do you mean reggae?

[Nickynoodles]

Ska is definately NOT reggae music, it may be a hybrid of jamaican raggae, but if you heard the originals of SKA such as The late and fantastic Laurel Aitken, you would know they are very different - more like Northern Soul.

[jan15]

A Jamaican musician back in the 1980's told me that the term "ska" had the same origin as the word "soca" (soca is another Caribbean musical form, associated primarily with Trinidad and Tobago).

He said that "ska" and "soca" were both combinations of the words "soul" and "calypso". Both musical forms grew out of the introduction of American soul music into a Caribbean world that until then had been dominated by calypso.