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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.
Central American and Caribbean percussion instruments (1 C, 26 P) H. Haitian musical instruments (5 P) J. Jamaican musical instruments (1 P) P.
The music of Jamaica includes Jamaican folk music and many popular genres, such as mento, ska, rocksteady, reggae, dub music, dancehall, reggae fusion and related styles. Mento, often considered Jamaica's first popular music genre, developed in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
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 ...
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
The traditional instrumentation for a conjunto típico (traditional band), the usual performing group of folk merengue, is a diatonic accordion, a two–sided drum, called a tambora, held on the lap, and a güira. A güira is a percussion instrument that sounds like a maraca. It is a sheet of metal with small bumps on it (created with hammer ...
The music of Barbados includes distinctive national styles of folk and popular music, including elements of Western classical and religious music.The culture of Barbados is a syncretic mix of African and British elements, and the island's music reflects this mix through song types and styles, instrumentation, dances, and aesthetic principles.
The music of Saint Lucia is home to many vibrant oral and folk traditions and is based on elements derived from the music of Africa, especially rhythmically, and Western Europe, dances like the quadrille, polka and waltz. [1] The banjo and cuatro are iconic Lucian folk instruments, especially a four-stringed banjo called the bwa poye.