Styles of Popular Music

Introduction:
Music is truly the one universal language.Three of the more successful styles are reggae, punk, and rap.
Body:
A.One successful style of popular music is Reggae.
1 Born on the Caribbean island of Jamaica in the 1960s.
a.Spread throughtout the world in the 1970s.
2.Developed from mento.
a.Some musicians changed mento into a music style called ska by adding a hestation beat.
b.A few years later, other musictions changed ska, and reggae was born.
3.Reggae's special sound comes from reversing the roles of the instruments.
a.Guitar plays rhythm and bass plays melody.
4.An important influence on reggae music was the Rastafarian cult.
a.Unusual sound mixes
b.Extra-slow tempos
c.Strange lyrics
d.Mystical-political themes
5.Bob Marley-best known reggae musician
2.Punk
3.Rap
Conclusion:
To sum up, popular music changes constantly. However, all contribute to the power and excitement of popular music in our time.