Dzinalo la karaoke limachokera ku mawu achi Japan akuti "empty" ndi "orchestra". Kutengera ndi zomwe zatchulidwazi, karaoke itha kutanthauza mtundu wachisangalalo, kuyimbira kumbuyo, ndi chida chobwezeretsanso kumbuyo. Ziribe kanthu momwe zinthu ziliri, nthawi zonse timajambula maikolofoni, kuwala kowonekera pazenera ndi subs, komanso chisangalalo. Kotero, karaoke ndi chiyani?

Palibe yankho lenileni la funso loti karaoke idayamba liti. Ngati timalankhula za kuyimba nyimbo yomwe ilibe mawu, ndiye kuti m'ma 1930, panali zolembedwa za vinyl ndi zobwerera kumbuyo, zopangidwira zisudzo zapakhomo. Ngati tikulankhula za wosewera wa karaoke, ziwonetserozo zidapangidwa koyamba ku Japan koyambirira kwa zaka za m'ma 1970 ndikumatsenga kwamatsenga kwa woimba Daisuke Inoue, yemwe adagwiritsa ntchito zobwerera m'mbuyomu pomwe anali kusewera kuti apumule mwachangu posunga mkwatulo wa omvera.

Achijapani anali okonda kuyimba kumbuyo komwe posakhalitsa, makampani atsopano opanga makina a karaoke a mipiringidzo ndi zibonga adaonekera. Kumayambiriro kwa zaka za m'ma 1980, karaoke adadutsa nyanja ndikufika ku USA. Choyamba, idapatsidwa phewa lozizira, koma atapanga opanga makaraoke kunyumba, idakhala yotchuka kwambiri. Nkhani yoti "Karaoke Evolution" ikupatsirani zambiri za mbiri ya karaoke.

Mawu a woyimbayo adadutsa maikolofoni kupita kumalo osakanikirana, komwe adasakanikirana ndikubwerera kumbuyo. Pambuyo pake, idafalikira limodzi ndi nyimbozo kuma audio akunja. Osewera anali kuwerenga subs kuchokera pa TV. Kumbuyo, kanema wapachiyambi wanyimbo kapena makanema opangidwa mwapadera osalowerera ndale adaseweredwa.