The chunking sound of the guitar’s strumming in this rhythm ultimately defined this sound.
As a result of this new instrumental music, dub, the drum and bass formed the sound’s cornerstone. It used a hard four-beat rhythm driven by bass and electric guitar, drums, and the scraper. It cites that reggae is premised on ska, an ancient Jamaican music style.
The Dictionary of Jamaican English (1980) expounds on the history of this sound.
‘Do the Reggay’ by Toots and the Maytals was the first song to utilise the word 'reggae,' thereby identifying its musical grouping and bringing it to a global audience. It is here that this genre emerged in the late 1960s and went on to conquer the world. Jamaica, a beautiful Caribbean country is synonymous with reggae music.
