Jing ping
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A jing ping is a kind of folk music ensemble from Dominica, also known colloquially as an accordion band. In Dominican folk music, jing ping bands accompany a circle dance called the flirtation, as well as the Dominican quadrille.
Jing bands are composed of a boumboum (boom pipe), syak or gwaj (scraper-rattle), tambal or tanbou (tambourine) and accordion. Less commonly, double bass and banjo are also used. The accordion replaced bamboo flutes in the 1940s.
On modern Dominica, jing ping has become a part of popular music through bouyon music.
[edit] References
- Guilbault, Jocelyne (1999). "Dominica", Garland Encyclopedia of World Music Volume 2. Routledge, pp 840-844. ISBN 0-8153-1865-0.
- Bouyon Music. Music in Dominica. Retrieved on December 3, 2005.
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