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{{Short description|Music genre in Madagascar}}
{{main|Music of Madagascar}}
[[File:Jaojoby concert.jpg|300px|thumb|right|Salegy artist Jaojoby performing in Paris]]
'''Salegy''' ({{IPA|mg|ˈsaleɡʲ}}) is a popular music genre from [[Madagascar]]. Originating as a [[List of Sub-Saharan African folk music traditions|Sub-Saharan African folk music]] style in the northwestern coastal areas of Madagascar, modern salegy is the genre of [[Music of Madagascar|Malagasy music]] that has gained the widest recognition and commercial popularity in the international market. Its sound is considered emblematic of the island.<ref name="afropop"/> [[Eusèbe Jaojoby]], a [[Sakalava people |Sakalava]] singer from Anboahangibe , was a key originator of the style and is widely considered the "King of Salegy".<ref name=rfimusique>{{cite web | last = Radio France International (RFI) | title = Jaojoby  | publisher = rfimusique.com | date = September 2008 | url = http://www.rfimusique.com/siteEn/biographie/biographie_6279.asp |archiveurl =  https://web.archive.org/web/20120217001454/http://www.rfimusic.com/artist/world-music/jaojoby/biography |archivedate = February 17, 2012 | url-status = dead | accessdate = December 16, 2006}}</ref>       

The contemporary, electrified form of popular salegy originated from traditional acoustic roots in northwestern Madagascar around [[Mahajanga]] and [[Antsiranana]] in the 1950s.<ref name="Randrianary">{{Cite book | last = Randrianary | first = Victor | title = Madagascar: les chants d'une île | publisher = Actes Sud | year = 2001 | isbn =  978-2-7427-3556-3 | language=French}}</ref> It has been popularized by originators like [[Eusèbe Jaojoby|Jaojoby]] and relative newcomers such as [[Ninie Doniah]], [[Vaiavy Chila]] and [[Dr. J.B. and the Jaguars]]. The style is [[funk]]y and energetic, dominated by ringing [[electric guitar]]s, real or synthesized [[accordion]], and [[Call and response (music)|call-and-response]] [[Polyphony|polyphonic vocals]], propelled by heavy [[electric bass]] and a driving [[percussion]] section typically including a [[drum kit]], [[djembe]] and [[Shaker (percussion)|shakers]].<ref name="afropop">{{cite web | last = Eyre | first = Banning | title = Salegy | publisher = Afropop.com | url = http://www.afropop.org/explore/style_info/ID/28/salegy/ |archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20110926232618/http://www.afropop.org/explore/style_info/ID/28/salegy/ | archivedate = September 26, 2011| url-status = dead | accessdate = October 10, 2010}}</ref> The syncopated, [[polyrhythm]]ic beat of salegy is rapid (typically around 290BPM) and features a distinctive percussion pattern performed on a Western drum kit in [[6/8 time|{{music|time|6|8}}]] or {{music|time|12|4}} time with accents on the 3rd or 7th beat. The melody and harmonies are often in the A minor key and feature beautiful high-life electric guitar and synthesized accordion lines. The sound of salegy can be heard at night clubs, cabarets, parties and dance floors across the island.

Salegy represents an electrified version of the ''antsa'' musical style that was traditionally performed at [[Betsimisaraka people|Betsimisaraka]] and [[Tsimihety people|Tsimihety]] rituals.<ref name="Anderson, I. 2000 pp. 523">{{Citation | last = Anderson | first = Ian | title = The Rough Guide to World Music, Vol. 1: Africa, Europe and the Middle East | publisher = Rough Guides | year = 2000 | chapter =Ocean Music from Southeast Africa | pages =523–532 | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=gyiTOcnb2yYC | accessdate = November 17, 2010 | isbn =  978-1-84353-551-5}}</ref> In addition to their commonalities in tempo, vocal style, and tendency toward [[minor key]]s (which some attribute to an [[Arab]] influence, and which stands in contrast to the [[major key]] dominance of Highland music), the salegy shares the antsa's structure in that it always features a middle section called the ''folaka'' ("broken") which is primarily instrumental—voice serves only to urge on more energetic dancing—and during which the vocalists (and the audience) will launch into intricate polyrhythmic [[Clapping|hand-clapping]] to the beat of the music.<ref name="Randrianary"/>

==Artists and bands==
*[[Anziza Salema]]
*Arsène Félix
*[[Dr. J.B. and the Jaguars]]
*Fenoamby
*[[Eusèbe Jaojoby]]
*Fredy de Majunga
*Gérard Tsapalôko
*IO Anay
*[[Jaojoby Junior]]
*Joacin-tapaka
*Lazard
*[[Mily Clément]]
*Mister Rotsirotsy
*[[Ninie Doniah]]
*[https://olgadelmadagascar.org Olga del Madagascar]
*Paskaal Japhet
*SISCA
*[[Tianjama]]
*[[Vaiavy Chila]]
*[[Wawa (Malagasy musician)|Wawa]]

==References==
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== External links ==
* [http://www.afrisson.com/Salegy-1684.html Definition]

{{Genres of African popular music}}

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[[Category:African popular music]]
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