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The modern pan is a chromatically pitched percussion instrument made from 200-litre industrial drums. [4]Drum refers to the steel drum containers from which the pans are made; the steel drum is more correctly called a steel pan or pan as it falls into the idiophone family of instruments, and so is not a drum (which is a membranophone).
Sly Dunbar is a 13-time Grammy nominee. He received two Grammy awards: the 1985 Grammy for Best Reggae Recording for the Black Uhuru album "Anthem" for which Dunbar and Robbie Shakespeare were producers, and one for the 1999 Best Reggae Album Grammy award for the Sly & Robbie album entitled "Friends".
Box mounted with metal strips that can be plucked, used as a bass instrument in rural folk genres like changüí: mayohuacán [11] mayohabao, bayohabao: Taíno (Cuba, Hispaniola) 111.231 Slit drum made of thin wood, shaped like an elongated gourd ogan [1] Arará 111.242.121 Iron bell, held upside down and struck with a beater; may be used in pairs
Jamaican musical instruments (1 P) P. ... Pages in category "Caribbean musical instruments" ... Big Drum; Botija (instrument) C.
Conga (drum) (1 C, 2 P) Pages in category "Central American and Caribbean percussion instruments" The following 26 pages are in this category, out of 26 total.
He is most famous for creating the one drop rhythm in the late 1960s; this beat places kick/snare emphasis on the third beat within a highly syncopated 4/4 bar. One Drop, an outgrowth of the ska and rocksteady, became the foundation for reggae music, combined with traditional Jamaican forms such as mento, burro and kumina.
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The musician sits on top of the box reaching down to pluck the tongues whilst slapping the sides of the box like a drum. The instrument's evolution and playing style is similar to the cajon box drum. This instrument was very important in the development of Afro-Cuban music as it was one of the basic instruments played by changüí musicians.