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Reggae puts the emphasis between the beats

Guitar and keys chop on the offbeat while the bass carries the melody The style grew out of ska and rocksteady in Jamaica in the late 1960s. Tempo slowed, and the bass moved to the front of the mix. Studio technology such as the dub version came from the same scene. It sits in Mondo's music collection, one of 200 facts that each trace back to the reference below.

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Where does this come from, and can I check it?: Guitar and keys chop on the offbeat while the bass carries the melody. The figure is taken from Britannica, which is linked in full on this page. Every fact on Mondo Knows names its source rather than repeating an unsourced claim.
Is this really a music fact?: Yes. It sits on the Music shelf, one of 2,600 sourced facts grouped into space, animals, the human body, history, science and more. Category pages collect every fact in the same field.
What else can I read about it?: The links under the fact point to a quiz, game, puzzle or calculator on the same subject, and the shelf below shows related facts. The wording here is original, and quoted phrases are marked as quotations.