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Category for musical instruments of Jamaica. Pages in category "Jamaican musical instruments" This category contains only the following page.
Instrument Tradition Hornbostel–Sachs classification Description agbe: See chekere: agida [4] [5]: Suriname: 211.212 Afro-Surinamese bass drum that sets a steady beat for folk music, played with a stick, of the set with apinti and tumao, pitch can be varied based on the location of the head struck, made from hollow logs with heads of skin, used in spiritual ceremonies, where it is associated ...
The benta is a large one-string bamboo zither native to Jamaica. The instrument is an idiochord , in that the string of the instrument is made from the same piece of bamboo as composes the body. The instrument is played by two men sitting astride it at either end, one striking the string and the other changing the pitch of the string by using a ...
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Jamaican Mento Music - site created by Michael Garnice (comprehensive information on the history and the musicians who made the music) Ivan Chin - Mento music's pages on mento pioneer Ivan Chin. The Mento dance is a Jamaican folk form dance with the instruments acoustic guitar, banjo, hand drums and the rhumba box
Dhantal sizes can range anywhere from 3' to 6' in length and 3/8" to 1/2" in diametre. The dhantal is an important instrument in Indo-Caribbean music styles, such as Chutney, Baithak Gana and Taan Singing. [2]
This is a list of folk music traditions, with styles, dances, instruments and other related topics. The term folk music can not be easily defined in a precise manner; it is used with widely varying definitions depending on the author, intended audience and context within a work.
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