What does karaoke mean?

Karaoke is a word originated in Japan, which means singing without band accompaniment. Karaoke is a popular culture, which brings great fun to singing lovers. Karaoke originated in Japan. Many Japanese men gathered in bars to kill time after work and invented it. Later, it flowed into Taiwan Province Province, and then it was introduced into the mainland from Taiwan Province Province. Let's learn about the history of karaoke together! What does 1. karaoke mean?

Among them, "Kara" means "empty" and "OK" is the abbreviation of "orchestra". Together, it means that there is no real band backup when singing, only audio and video backup. Usually, at the same time of playing pre-recorded music accompaniment on video and other storage media without lead singer voice, the lyrics with beat prompts are simultaneously played on the TV screen, and then the participants sing with a microphone while watching the lyrics. Karaoke is an accompaniment system, and singers can participate in singing with pre-recorded music accompaniment. Karaoke can beautify and polish the singer's voice through sound processing. When it is organically combined with music accompaniment, it becomes a seamless stereo song. This kind of accompaniment brings great convenience and fun to singing lovers.

Second, the development history of karaoke

Karaoke originated in Japan. Due to Japanese customs, if a man comes home too early, his neighbors will look down on him and think that he doesn't even have entertainment at work every day. It becomes a joke for others to come home too early every day, so many Japanese men gather in bars or teahouses to chat late after work. Later, they gradually felt that they should find something new to kill time. In the bar, while drinking, we use simple things that can be used to sing, such as TV and microphone. Later, with the development of science and technology, it evolved into the present karaoke, which was later introduced into Taiwan Province Province and then spread to the mainland from Taiwan Province Province, thus creating the present karaoke scene.

Karaoke originally means "a cappella band" in Japanese. In 1960s, when Mr Inoue was a drummer of Salon Band in Nishimiya City, Hyogo Prefecture, Japan, he invented the spare channel and portable microphone. In less than three years, karaoke became popular, and big companies stole Inoue's ideas and launched their own models. By the time someone suggested that he apply for a patent, it was too late. Inoue admitted: "I never thought about applying for a patent."

This concept existed as early as 197 1 years ago when Inoue invented 8-Juke (eight-track jukebox). 8-Juke is a red and white wooden box equipped with a microphone, a loudspeaker and an eight-track cassette player. The dashboard is marked in English and looks "fashionable". Inoue used this prototype karaoke as the drum accompaniment of a singer-less band, which was played when customers who wanted to sing in the salon wanted songs. Later, he thought that machines could be used to realize the function of accompaniment.

Inoue said, "I am the worst in the band. I don't have any musical skills, so they made me a band manager. " I thought, why not use machines instead of what we do? "

Under his initiative, six band members formed a company called "New Moon", produced 1 1 8-Juke backup singers, and rented them to local bars for people who wanted to sing 100 yen (0. 83 dollars) to play the accompaniment on a record player the size of a TV set. At that time, the price was quite high, but consumers who had fun were willing to spend the money.

Inoue said: "Without karaoke, it is almost impossible for professional singers to sing with a complete background band. In the past, this was a dream. "

Thirty years later, karaoke has become a family language all over the world.

Crescent Company and large enterprises have been fighting until 1987, and constantly introduce newer and better karaoke accompaniment machines. However, after the birth of CD technology, he finally gave up.

Jing Daole Inoue was once selected as the most influential figure in Asia by Time magazine, with the same name as Gandhi and Mao Zedong. He said that he didn't regret losing the patent right. Even if the patent right made him make a fortune in the1980s, he would probably over-expand to other investments, leaving him a large debt after Japan's economic recession.

Inoue said: "I have never bought land, stocks, golf club membership cards, nothing." I never wear a suit and tie except for funerals. "

Third, the emergence of karaoke dance halls.

At dances in the 1960s, people were accompanied by traditional bands. During this period, there appeared a form in which singers danced for people with their songs. This is the first time to separate accompaniment music and singing into two independent parts.

In the late 1960s, after the advent of cassette recorders, left (L) and right (R) stereo tapes can record two kinds of sound sources, one is accompaniment music, and the other is vocal singing. People can learn to sing pop songs with this tape. When people learn to sing this song, they will turn off the vocal channel and sing this song by themselves through the microphone. This kind of entertainment was first popular in Japan, and the Japanese called it karaoke entertainment game. KARA means "empty" in Japanese, and OKE is the abbreviation of English symphony. So karaoke was invented by the Japanese.

This karaoke game quickly became popular in Japan, which caused great commotion in the society. In some bars, cafes and dance halls, the boss quit his original band and adopted a set of audio equipment. Such a large number of electro-acoustic bands were dissatisfied and protested to the entertainment circle and karaoke manufacturers. But in Japan, which acts according to economic laws, these are of no help. These bands have to turn to advertising and TV production.