skiffle

/'skifl/

Thân thiện

A band plays skiffle music on a small stage.

Definition

1. Noun:
   • A style of popular music in the 1950s: "Skiffle" refers to a genre of music that was popular in the United Kingdom during the mid-1950s. It is characterized by its use of simple, often homemade or improvised instruments, such as washboards, tea-chest basses, and kazoos, alongside more conventional acoustic guitars and sometimes a harmonica or banjo. Its roots are in American folk, blues, and jazz music.

Usage Examples

• Noun:
  • Lonnie Donegan was a key figure in the British skiffle movement.
  • The band started by playing skiffle before moving on to rock and roll.
  • He built a tea-chest bass to play in his school's skiffle group.

Advanced Usage

• "Skiffle group/band": A small musical ensemble that plays skiffle music.
  • In the 1950s, many young musicians formed amateur skiffle groups.

Variants and Related Words

• Skiffler (n, rare): A musician who plays skiffle.
  • The pub was full of enthusiastic skifflers.

Synonyms

• Folk-blues (n): A blend of folk and blues music, similar in its acoustic, roots-oriented style.
• Roots music (n): A broad term for traditional folk music styles, including those that influenced skiffle.

Related Idioms & Phrases

(No common idioms or phrasal verbs are directly and exclusively associated with the word "skiffle".)

Học thuật

Noun

1. a style of popular music in the 1950s; based on American folk music and played on guitars and improvised percussion instruments