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Ska is a kind of popular dance music that started in Jamaica in the late 1950s, before .
Ska指的是 is a kind of popular dance music一種流行舞曲 that started in Jamaica在牙買加開始流行 in the late 1950s在1950年代晚期, before reggae比reggae還早.
It has a fast, steady beat, and the guitar often plays a short, sharp chop on the off-beat — that bright “” sound is a big part of how it feels. Horns (trumpet, , sax) are common. grew out of the same island scene but is usually slower and heavier; ska is the quicker, bouncier cousin.
It它 has a fast, steady beat的節奏快而穩, and而 the guitar吉他 often plays常常彈出 a short, sharp chop短促、俐落的和弦 on the off-beat在off-beat（弱拍）上 — that bright "skank" sound那種明亮的『skank』音色 is a big part of how it feels是它聽起來的一大特色. Horns (trumpet, trombone, sax)銅管樂器（小號、長號、薩克斯風） are common也很常見. Reggae Reggae grew out of the same island scene是從同樣的牙買加樂風裡長出來的 but但 is usually slower and heavier通常比較慢、比較重; ska ska is the quicker, bouncier cousin則是比較快、比較跳的表親.
The style later travelled: Britain had a big ska revival in the late 1970s (often called two-tone), and many countries still have ska bands.
The style這種音樂風格 later travelled後來傳到了世界各地: Britain英國 had a big ska revival有一波很大的ska復興 in the late 1970s在1970年代晚期 (often called two-tone)（常被稱作two-tone）, and而 many countries許多國家 still have ska bands現在仍然有ska樂團.
People say the word as one syllable, like “skah,” not as three letters. It is everyday music talk, not a formal or academic word.
People大家 say the word把這個詞念成 as one syllable一個音節, like "skah,"像『skah』, not as three letters而不是一個字母一個字母唸. It這 is everyday music talk是日常聊音樂會用的詞, not a formal or academic word不是正式或學術的用語.
組成Nobody is sure where the name came from. It is probably the sound of that crisp guitar chop copied in a word. Other guesses are a shortening of “skavoovie,” a made-up word used by the musician Cluett Johnson, or of “speed polka.” Treat those as maybes.
原始詞典資料2 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
skanoun/skɑː/
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entertainmentlifestylemusicA style of Jamaican dance music originating in the late 1950s, combining elements of Caribbean calypso and mento with American jazz and rhythm and blues; it was the precursor to rocksteady and reggae.
- Musical Hairsplitting: The act of classifying music and musicians into pathologically picayune categories: “The Vienna Franks are a good example of urban white acid folk revivalism crossed with ska.”
- Everyone who loves ska has their own story to tell—the first time they heard the Specials back in the '70s, the first time they danced onstage at a Toasters show in the '80s, the first time they saw the Skatalites perform in the '90s.
這個拼法也被記錄為下列字的變化形：
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。