Does karaoke mean “sing off key”?
Author: Richard
Q: hey what does karaoke mean beacuse i was told it was japanese and that it means to sing off key is that true – vickboy
It would be great if that was the meaning!
No, “kara” means “empty” and “oke” is short for “orchestra” It originally started out as tapes for orchestra practice with one part missing that you could play yourself, hence “empty orchestra” Then they had the great idea of doing pop songs and the boom was born.
Karaoke machines in Japan are crazy these days, you can just hum the song and it will find it for you and some of them even have pitch correction so you’re never out of tune.
I think I prefer your explanation though!
Be genki,
Richard
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