List of Caribbean aerophones
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List of aerophones used in Caribbean music, including the islands of the Caribbean Sea, Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana, Belize, and Bermuda.
| Instrument | Tradition | Hornbostel–Sachs classification | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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, traditional 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
|
References
- Manuel, Peter (1988). Popular Musics of the Non-Western World: An Introductory Survey. New York: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-506334-1.
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Manuel, pg. 43
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Courlander, Harold (April 1942). "Musical Instruments of Cuba". The Musical Quarterly. 28 (2): 227–240. doi:10.1093/mq/XXVIII.2.227.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Manuel, pg. 30
- ↑ Brown, Ernest D. (1990). "Carnival, Calypso, and Steelband in Trinidad". The Black Perspective in Music. 18 (1/2): 81–100. doi:10.2307/1214859. JSTOR 1214859.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 Courlander, Harold (July 1941). "Musical Instruments of Haiti". The Musical Quarterly. 27 (3): 371–383. doi:10.1093/mq/XXVII.3.371.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Manuel, pg. 79
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 Ramnarine, Tina K. (1998). "Brotherhood of the Boat: Musical Dialogues in a Caribbean Context". British Journal of Ethnomusicology. 7: 1–22. doi:10.1080/09681229808567270. JSTOR 3060707.
- ↑ Glazier, Stephen D. (Spring–Summer 1997). "Embedded Truths: Creativity and Context in Spiritual Baptist Music". Latin American Music Review. 18 (1). University of Texas Press: 44–56. doi:10.2307/780325. JSTOR 780325.