List of Caribbean aerophones
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This is a list of aerophones used in the Caribbean music area, including the islands of the Caribbean Sea, as well as the musics of Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana, Bahamas, and Bermuda.
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| Instrument | Tradition | Description | Image |
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| accordion[1] |
Dominican Republic | Used in popular merengue, where it replaced the guitar Hornbostel-Sachs: 4 |
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| bois bourrique | See vaccine | - | - |
| botija[2][3] botijuela, bunga |
Cuba | Empty jug, sometimes with a hole on the side, used in rural folk genres like son Hornbostel-Sachs: 4 |
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| botijuela | See botija | - | - |
| bugle[4] |
Trinidad and Tobago | Original source of the melody in steelpan Hornbostel-Sachs: 4 |
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| bunga | See botija | - | - |
| cayambouque[5] |
Haiti | Cow horn, used for signalling Hornbostel-Sachs: 4 |
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| clarinet[6] |
Trinidad and Tobago | Used in traditional calypso Hornbostel-Sachs: 4 |
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| clarinet[7] |
Trinidad and Tobago | Later addition to the tamboo bamboo ensembles Hornbostel-Sachs: 4 |
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| cornet[6] |
Trinidad and Tobago | Used in traditional calypso Hornbostel-Sachs: 4 |
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| flute[1] |
Dominican Republic | Used to accompany upper-class merengue in the later 19th century Hornbostel-Sachs: 4 |
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| harmonium[7] |
Indo-Caribbean | Used in chutney music Hornbostel-Sachs: 4 |
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| kartal[7] |
Trinidad and Tobago | Harmonium, used in chutney Hornbostel-Sachs: 4 |
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| lambis[5] |
Haiti | Conch shell horn, used for signalling Hornbostel-Sachs: 423.11 |
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| saxophone[3] |
Cuba | Used in popular Cuban bands Hornbostel-Sachs: 4 |
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| saxophone[1] |
Dominican Republic | Used in merengue, where it is the main instrumentation for the jaleo Hornbostel-Sachs: 4 |
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| trumpet[2][3] |
Cuba | Used in comparsa pre-Easter celebrations Hornbostel-Sachs: 4 |
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| trumpet[7] |
Trinidad and Tobago | Later addition to the tamboo bamboo ensembles Hornbostel-Sachs: 4 |
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| trumpet[8] |
Trinidad and Tobago | Used in the Spiritual Baptist musical tradition Hornbostel-Sachs: 4 |
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| vaccine[5] bois borrique |
Haiti | Made of bamboo Hornbostel-Sachs: 423 |
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| von-von[5] |
Haiti | Bullroarer, used in Rara ceremonies Hornbostel-Sachs: 412.22 |
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[edit] References
- Manuel, Peter (1988). Popular Musics of the Non-Western World: An Introductory Survey. New York: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0195063341.
[edit] Notes
- ^ a b c Manuel, pg. 43
- ^ a b Courlander, Harold (April 1942). "Musical Instruments of Cuba". The Musical Quarterly 28 (2): 227–240. doi:.
- ^ a b c Manuel, pg. 30
- ^ Brown, Ernest D. (1990). "Carnival, Calypso, and Steelband in Trinidad". The Black Perspective in Music 18 (1/2): 81–100. doi:.
- ^ a b c d Courlander, Harold (July 1941). "Musical Instruments of Haiti". The Musical Quarterly 27 (3): 371–383. doi:.
- ^ a b Manuel, pg. 79
- ^ a b c d Ramnarine, Tina K. (1998). "Brotherhood of the Boat: Musical Dialogues in a Caribbean Context". British Journal of Ethnomusicology 7: 1–22.
- ^ Glazier, Stephen D. (Spring - Summer 1997). "Embedded Truths: Creativity and Context in Spiritual Baptist Music". Latin American Music Review / Revista de Música Latinoamericana' 18 (1): 44–56. doi:.
