Comparing Punk Rock And Punk Music

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Punk Rock and Jamaican SKA are two very well-known music genres, but they are not as popular as they were when they first began. However there still is a huge fan base that likes to keep the music and culture of both genres alive. Also both music styles come from different countries, but stand for a similar meaning. When one hears the sound of the music it is easy to tell apart which music style is which, but many of the early punk bands were influenced by ska which started a huge connection that brought the two genres together. Ska and Punk sound very different, but resemble each other in some ways, but they also have their differences. First of all, Ska was formed in the late 1950’s in Jamaica. Punk Rock started in the mid 1970’s in the UK …show more content…

In ska, all the guitars are the same, they make quick and snappy upstroke strums and downstroke strums, with a quick palm mute of the strings. All of the guitarists in ska do the same thing, and sometimes one of the band members will have a solo. One of the other ways ska and punk can be told apart is by the beat. In punk music, the beat of the drum is very fast, strong, and balanced. Punk guitar also uses power chords to emphasize the beat. Ska’s beat is easier to identify because of the beat that the guitar makes, which is similar to a reggae beat. Ska and punk each have a different number of band members, and the band members have different roles. A punk band will have three or four members, one playing bass, one or two playing guitar, and one playing drums. In a lot of bands the lead singer is the lead guitarist, but sometimes it’s a bass player and even sometimes the drummer, but that is rare. Ska bands have many more people, It is normal in a ska band to have a bass player, one or two guitarists, a drummer, two or three trombones, one or two trumpets, and a singer. Furthermore, in a ska band, the lead singer never plays an instrument. In both punk and ska, all of the people are playing guitars, trumpets, or trombones sing

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