karaoke

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Turkish - Turkish
Bir televizyon ekranına bağlanan mikrofon yardımıyla, ekrandaki görüntüler eşliğinde şarkı söyleme esasına dayanan oyun
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[le] karaoke
English - English
Karaoke is a form of entertainment in which a machine plays the tunes of songs, and people take it in turns to sing the words. an activity that people do for entertainment, in which someone sings a popular song while a karaoke machine plays the music to the song (kara + oke (from okesutora , from orchestra)). (Japanese; "empty orchestra") Use of a device that plays instrumental accompaniments to songs with the vocal tracks removed, permitting the user to sing the lead. Karaoke apparently first appeared in the amusement quarter of Kbe, Japan, where it became popular among businessmen in the late 1970s. It gained widespread popularity in the U.S. in the late 1980s. It is usually featured at bars, where patrons can perform on a stage and sing popular hits by reading lyrics electronically displayed on a monitor. A video film often accompanies the music
{i} (from Japanese) "empty orchestra", singing with recorded music while the lyrics are displayed on a screen
the only stereo system that wins popularity not because it accurately reproduces the original sound but because it generates some sort of audio output that is even better than the input
A fun phenomenon that is sweeping the globe, where singers provide their own vocal accompaniment to their favorite songs Karaoke singers usually get to follow the cues from a synchronized lyrics display that tells them when to sing which words Popular at nightclubs, bars, and parties of all kinds Our own MIDIMaster Karaoke lets you turn your own computer into a karaoke machine!
singing popular songs accompanied by a recording of an orchestra (usually in bars or nightclubs)
A form of entertainment popular in clubs, at parties, etc, in which individual members of the public sing along to pre-recorded instrumental versions of popular songs, the lyrics of which are displayed for the singer on a screen in time with the music
Literally, empty orchestra The social sensation from Japan where sufficiently inebriated people embarrass themselves in public by singing along to a music track Karaoke was largely responsible for the success of laserdisc in Japan, thus supporting it elsewhere
(Pronounced "carry-okey ") Japanese name for a form of entertainment in which patrons take turns singing the lyrics to prerecorded music

Related Terms

karaoke machine
A machine that plays sounds simultaneously from a microphone and a prerecording
karaoke machines
plural form of karaoke machine
karaoke

    Turkish pronunciation

    keriōki

    Pronunciation

    /ˌkerēˈōkē/ /ˌkɛriːˈoʊkiː/

    Etymology

    [ "kar-E-'O-kE, k&-'rO-kE, " ] (noun.) 1981. Japanese, from kara empty + Oke, short for Okesutora orchestra.

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