Igama lekaraoke livela kumagama aseJapan "ubuze" kunye "neokhestra". Kuxhomekeka kumxholo, ikaraoke inokuthetha uhlobo lendawo yokonwatyiswa, ukucula ukubuyela umva, kunye nesixhobo sokuvelisa kwakhona. Nokuba awuphi umxholo, sihlala sifanekisa imakrofoni, ukukhanya okukhanyayo kwescreen kunye nenkxaso, kunye nomoya wokubhiyoza. Ke, yintoni ikaraoke?

Akukho mpendulo ithile kumbuzo wokuba i-karaoke yavela nini okokuqala. Ukuba sithetha ngokucula umculo ngaphandle kwamazwi, kwasekuqaleni koo-1930, bekukho iirekhodi ze-vinyl kunye nokubuyela umva, kwenzelwe imidlalo yasekhaya. Ukuba sithetha ngomdlali wekaraoke, ngumzekelo wokuqala owenziwe eJapan phaya ekuqaleni kweminyaka yoo-1970 ngumlingo wemvumi uDaisuke Inoue, owayesebenzisa ngasemva ngexesha lokudlala kwakhe ukuze aphumle ngokukhawuleza ngelixa egcina inqanaba lokuxhwilwa kwabaphulaphuli.

AmaJapan akhula ekulangazeleleni ukucula emva emva kwangoko, kwaza kwavela ishishini elitsha lokuvelisa oomatshini bekaraoke kwimivalo nakwiiklabhu. Ekuqaleni kwee-1980, ikaraoke yawela ulwandle yaza yafika eMelika. Okokuqala, yanikwa igxalaba elibandayo, kodwa emva kokuyilwa kwabadlali bekaraoke basekhaya, yathandwa ngokwenene. Inqaku elithi "Karaoke Evolution" liya kukunika ulwazi ngakumbi malunga nembali yekaraoke.

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