This is a list of aerophones used in the Caribbean music area, used in the Caribbean music area, including the islands of the Caribbean Sea, as well as the musics of Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana, Belize, Garifuna music, and Bermuda.
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Instrument | Tradition | Complete classification | Description |
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accordion[1] |
Dominican Republic | 4 | Used in popular merengue, where it replaced the guitar. |
accordion[1] |
Belize | 3 | Used in Belizean Brukdown. |
bois bourrique | See vaccine | - | |
botija[2][3] botijuela, bunga |
Cuba | 4 | Empty jug, sometimes with a hole on the side, used in rural folk genres like son |
botijuela | See botija | - | |
bugle[4] |
Trinidad and Tobago | 4 | Original source of the melody in steelpan |
bunga | See botija | - | |
cayambouque[5] |
Haiti | 4 | Cow horn, used for signalling |
clarinet[6] |
Trinidad and Tobago | 4 | Used in traditional calypso |
clarinet[7] |
Trinidad and Tobago | 4 | Later addition to the tamboo bamboo ensembles |
conchshell[5] {{{Other names}}} |
Garifuna music | 423.110 | Conch shell horn, used for signalling, trational drumming. |
cornet[6] |
Trinidad and Tobago | 4 | Used in traditional calypso |
flute[1] |
Dominican Republic | 4 | Used to accompany upper-class merengue in the later 19th century |
harmonium[7] |
Indo-Caribbean | 4 | Used in chutney music |
kartal[7] |
Trinidad and Tobago | 4 | Harmonium, used in chutney |
lambis[5] |
Haiti | 423.11 | Conch shell horn, used for signalling |
saxophone[3] |
Garifuna music | 4 | Used in Garifuna Punta |
saxophone[1] |
Dominican Republic, Cuba, | 4 | Used in merengue, where it is the main instrumentation for the jaleo. Used in popular Cuban bands. |
trumpet[2][3] |
Cuba | 4 | Used in comparsa pre-Easter celebrations |
trumpet[7] |
Trinidad and Tobago | 4 | Later addition to the tamboo bamboo ensembles |
trumpet[8] |
Trinidad and Tobago | 4 | Used in the Spiritual Baptist musical tradition |
vaccine[5] bois borrique |
Haiti | 423 | Made of bamboo |
von-von[5] |
Haiti | 412.22 | Bullroarer, used in Rara ceremonies |