Ska stroke
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Ska stroke
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The ska stroke up or ska upstroke, skank or bang, is a guitar strumming technique that is used mostly in the performance of ska, rocksteady, and reggae music. It is derived from a form of rhythm and blues arrangement called the shuffle, a popular style in Jamaican blues parties of the 1940s, 1950s and 1960s. As evidenced by musicologist Bruno Blum in the Jamaica–USA – Roots of Ska – Rhythm and Blues Shuffle 1942–1962 scholar anthology, the shuffle's offbeat/upbeat stroke was originally played on
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Technique of strumming the guitar
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ska_stroke
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2023-12-04T23:21:42Z
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