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Calypso in the Caribbean includes a range of genres, including benna in Antigua and Barbuda; mento, a style of Jamaican folk music that greatly influenced ska, the precursor to rocksteady, and reggae; spouge, a style of Barbadian popular music; Dominica cadence-lypso, which mixed calypso with the cadence of Haiti; and soca music, a style of ...
4 Used in chutney music: kartal: Trinidad and Tobago: 4 Harmonium, used in chutney: lambis: Haiti: 423.11 Conch shell horn, used for signalling saxophone: Garifuna music: 4 Used in Garifuna Punta: saxophone: Dominican Republic, Cuba, 4 Used in merengue, where it is the main instrumentation for the jaleo. Used in popular Cuban bands. trumpet ...
Calypso musical groups (6 P) R. Reggae, soca and calypso radio stations (1 C, 12 P) S. Soca music (4 C, 9 P) Calypso songs (1 C, 39 P) Pages in category "Calypso music"
Kaiso is a type of music popular in Trinidad and Tobago, and other countries, especially of the Caribbean, such as Grenada, Belize, Barbados, St. Lucia and Dominica, which originated in West Africa particularly among the Efik and Ibibio people of Nigeria, and later evolved into calypso music.
Afro-Caribbean music is a broad term for music styles originating in the Caribbean from the African diaspora. [1] These types of music usually have West African/Central African influence because of the presence and history of African people and their descendants living in the Caribbean, as a result of the trans-Atlantic slave trade. [2]
The Puerto Rican cuatro has ten strings in five courses, tuned in fourths from low to high, with B and E in octaves and A, D, and G in unisons: B 3 B 2 — E 4 E 3 — A 3 A 3 — D 4 D 4 — G 4 G 4. The cuatro is composed of several parts that work together to formulate the distinguishable sound of the instrument:
The music of Trinidad and Tobago is best known for its calypso music, soca music, chutney music, and steelpan. Calypso's internationally noted performances in the 1950s from native artists such as Lord Melody, Lord Kitchener and Mighty Sparrow. The art form was most popularised at that time by Harry Belafonte.
Rapso music is itself an evolution of the chantwell or griot tradition of African music in the diaspora. It is called, "the poetry of Calypso," and "the Power of the Word in the rhythm of the Word." It is called, "the poetry of Calypso," and "the Power of the Word in the rhythm of the Word."