Genre LensWhat is Ska?
Jamaican music from before reggae, plus its punk and 2-tone revivals. Choppy off-beat guitar upstrokes at a brisk tempo, a walking bass, and bright horn sections.
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Identify my track- choppy off-beat guitar upstrokes
- bright horn section
- walking bassline
- brisk bouncy tempo
Anchors rather than an exhaustive canon — if your track sits near these, this is probably the right label.
Usual tempo 110–180 BPM. Sitting outside that range does not disqualify a track; it just makes the tells matter more.
The nearest neighbours in Reggae / Caribbean, by tempo. If Ska does not quite fit, one of these usually does.
- Soca115–165 BPM
Trinidad carnival music. Fast, driving, horn-and-synth-led party records with a pounding beat and call-to-action vocals ("jump", "wave"); a slower "groovy" strain sways rather than sprints.
- Jab Jab140–165 BPM
Grenadian carnival soca. Darker and more primal than other soca: pounding drums, chanted vocals and a raw, trance-like march.
- Kompa95–125 BPM
Haitian dance music. A smooth, steady mid-tempo groove anchored by a constant cowbell or hi-hat pattern, rolling bass, guitar and keys, under romantic Kreyòl vocals.
- Zouk80–120 BPM
Music of the French Antilles. Sensual, slow-rolling synth grooves with a lilting syncopated beat and tender vocals in Kreyòl or French; zouk love is the slow-dance end.