List of Caribbean chordophones
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This is a list of chordophones 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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| calorine | See tambou maringouin | - | - |
| bass guitar[1] |
Jamaica | Guitar, used in popular styles like ska, reggae and rocksteady Hornbostel-Sachs: 321.322 |
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| bass guitar, electric[2] |
Trinidad and Tobago | Electric bass guitar, used in soca Hornbostel-Sachs: 321.322 |
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| bass, upright[3] |
Cuba | Used in popular son ensembles, where it replaced the more traditional marimbula and botija Hornbostel-Sachs: 321.322 |
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| cuatro[4] |
Dominican Republic | Stringed instrument, part of some popular merengue groups' instrumentation Hornbostel-Sachs: 321.322 |
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| cuatro[4] |
Puerto Rico | Five-stringed instrument Hornbostel-Sachs: 321.322 |
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| guitar[5][3] |
Cuba | Guitar, used for the Zapateo dance and other rural music Hornbostel-Sachs: 321.322 |
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| guitar[4] |
Dominican Republic | Guitar, part of some popular merengue groups' instrumentation Hornbostel-Sachs: 321.322 |
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| guitar[6] |
Haiti | Guitar, used in méringue Hornbostel-Sachs: 321.322 |
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| guitar[1] |
Jamaica | Guitar, used in popular styles like ska, reggae and rocksteady Hornbostel-Sachs: 321.322 |
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| guitar[7] |
Martinique and Guadeloupe | Guitar, used in zouk Hornbostel-Sachs: 321.322 |
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| guitar[8] |
Trinidad and Tobago | Guitar, used in traditional calypso, introduced from Venezuela Hornbostel-Sachs: 321.322 |
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| guitar, electric[2] |
Trinidad and Tobago | Electric guitar, used in soca Hornbostel-Sachs: 321.322 |
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| laúd[5][3] |
Cuba | Seven double-stringed mandolin, used in son and other fields Hornbostel-Sachs: 321.321 |
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| maringouin, tambou[9] calorine |
Haiti | Earth bow, made from a covered hole in the ground, across which a bow is laid Hornbostel-Sachs: 3 |
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| piano[3] |
Cuba | Used in popular genres like son Hornbostel-Sachs: 3 |
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| piano[4] |
Dominican Republic | Part of some merengue bands Hornbostel-Sachs: 3 |
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| seis[5] |
Cuba | Six double-stringed guitar Hornbostel-Sachs: 321.322 |
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| sitar[10] |
Trinidad and Tobago | Indo-Caribbean stringed instrument Hornbostel-Sachs: 3 |
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| tres[5][3] |
Cuba | Three double-stringed guitar, used in son and other rural folk genres Hornbostel-Sachs: 321.322 |
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| violin[4] |
Dominican Republic | Stringed instrument Hornbostel-Sachs: 321.322 |
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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 Manuel, pg. 75
- ^ a b Manuel, pg. 82
- ^ a b c d e Manuel, pg. 30
- ^ a b c d e Manuel, pg. 43
- ^ a b c d Courlander, Harold (April 1942). "Musical Instruments of Cuba". The Musical Quarterly 28 (2): 227–240. doi:.
- ^ Manuel, pg. 73
- ^ Berrian, pg. 44
- ^ Manuel, pg. 79
- ^ Courlander, Harold (July 1941). "Musical Instruments of Haiti". The Musical Quarterly 27 (3): 371–383. doi:.
- ^ Ramnarine, Tina K. (1998). "Brotherhood of the Boat: Musical Dialogues in a Caribbean Context". British Journal of Ethnomusicology 7: 1–22.
