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- From: will@ogre.cica.indiana.edu (William Sadler)
- Subject: Re: Reggae terms
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- Date: Tue, 22 Dec 1992 15:45:38 GMT
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- In <1h5o42INN9lc@charnel.ecst.csuchico.edu> jawad@ecst.csuchico.edu (Jawad Ali) writes:
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- >How about explaining a few words of the King's English. Such as:
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- >Skanking: As in "easy skiankin"
- When I played in a reggae group I was told that a "skank" is the
- basic guitar chord played on two and four. A "ska" was the
- same thing but 4 times faster (on each off-beat). I'm sure these
- terms have other meanings too. "bubble-up" was what the keyboard
- player did on the organ. A pattern that involved playing chords in
- each hand and alternating them.
-
- >Natty: As in "natty dread"
-
- Isn't this what it has always meant? i.e., "keen" or "cool" but usually
- applied to appearance?
-
- Will
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