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Bebop vs Rocksteady - What's the difference?

bebop | rocksteady |

In lang=en terms the difference between bebop and rocksteady

is that bebop is an early form of modern jazz played by small groups and featuring driving rhythms and complex, often dissonant harmonies while rocksteady is a genre of Jamaican music somewhat slower than ska.

As a verb bebop

is to participate in bebop jazz, such as by dancing in a way associated with the genre.

bebop

English

(wikipedia bebop)

Noun

(-)
  • (music) An early form of modern jazz played by small groups and featuring driving rhythms and complex, often dissonant harmonies.
  • Verb

  • To participate in bebop jazz, such as by dancing in a way associated with the genre
  • * {{quote-news, year=1988, date=September 2, author=Bill Wyman, title=Terms of interment: retrospecting the Ramones and the Clash, work=Chicago Reader citation
  • , passage=Six months into their career, the Clash already showed themselves the equal of any rock band that had come before them, simply by assaulting the last frontier of rock mythology: the notion that the rock audience, like some sort of bebopping proletariat, was a receptacle of goodness and hope, and that rock 'n' roll offered redemption. }}
  • * {{quote-news, year=2007, date=November 26, author=Brooks Barnes, title=Laugh Lines in the Hollywood Strike, work=New York Times citation
  • , passage=“The studios think we are having a horrible time out here,” said Richard Potter, a screenwriter who made “Strike Dancing,” a YouTube video showing pickets bebopping in formation to “Play That Funky Music.” }}

    Derived terms

    * bebopper ----

    rocksteady

    English

    Alternative forms

    *rock steady

    Noun

    (wikipedia rocksteady) (-)
  • (music) A genre of Jamaican music somewhat slower than ska