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Karaoke is a Japanese coined word. Kara means empty in English, and oke is a kind of abbreviation of orchestra. The word karaoke itself means the songs without vocals for the sake of the singing at the place where band cannot be prepared (such as small halls, bars, and so on). Today, the word mainly refers to singing with karaoke music, which is very popular in Japan as form of recreation.
Genesis At first (I don't know but it could be in '70s...) karaoke music was prepared with cassette tapes or multi-track tapes and "a lyrics booklet". In those days people were singning songs by referring the booklet.
