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Garland Encyclopedia of World Music (2013) "The Bahamas" in The Concise Garland Encyclopedia of World Music, 1, Taylor & Francis, p. 257−258 ISBN: 978-1-136-09562-7.
"Musical Instruments Bahamians create their traditional musical instruments from simple, everyday materials. The dominant musical instruments is the goombay drum (figure 1), which Bahamian legend says received its name from the sounds made when its head is struck: the goom depics the deep, resonant sound made when the head is struck near the center, and the bay (or bah) resembles the sound that occurs when the head is struck near the edge. However, the term goumbé is found in such West African countries as Senegal and Côte d'Ivoire: ... ",
"Figure 1 Goombay drummers from the Roots Junkanoo group perform, Nassau, 2004. The musician on the left plays a drum made from a 55-gallon oil drum; the musician on the right plays a factory-made tomtom. Photoby Kenneth Bilby ",
"The goombay drum evolved from a frame drum similar to those used in West Africa and in some Caribbean countries. Rarely used in the Bahamas today, the frame drum is made by fashioning a strip of wood into a square or a circle and attaching a skin to one edge. ... ",
"Bahamians have added new drums, used principally in junkanoo music. In 1985, junkanoo drummers began using tenor drums from Western trapsets. Lead drummers usually beat these drums, which they call tom-toms. ... Drummers have introduced the bomber, a drum made by stretching a goatskin over one end of a washing-machine barrel, and the B-52, made from a 55-gallon oil drum. ... ",
"Other instruments that might be included in a traditional Bahamian ensemble are cowbells, a carpenter's saw, a hair comb, a ridged bottle, shak-shaks, and a washtub bass. ... ",
"Figure 2 Rake-'n'-scrape saw player Harold Chipman, Nassau, Bahamas, 2004. Photo by Kenneth Bilby. ",
"Bahamian musicians utilize Western instruments, including banjos, guitars, accordions, pianos, drumsets, and modern electronic instruments. They sometimes incorporate them into ensembles that include the traditional instruments. "
"Figure 1 Goombay drummers from the Roots Junkanoo group perform, Nassau, 2004. The musician on the left plays a drum made from a 55-gallon oil drum; the musician on the right plays a factory-made tomtom. Photoby Kenneth Bilby ",
"The goombay drum evolved from a frame drum similar to those used in West Africa and in some Caribbean countries. Rarely used in the Bahamas today, the frame drum is made by fashioning a strip of wood into a square or a circle and attaching a skin to one edge. ... ",
"Bahamians have added new drums, used principally in junkanoo music. In 1985, junkanoo drummers began using tenor drums from Western trapsets. Lead drummers usually beat these drums, which they call tom-toms. ... Drummers have introduced the bomber, a drum made by stretching a goatskin over one end of a washing-machine barrel, and the B-52, made from a 55-gallon oil drum. ... ",
"Other instruments that might be included in a traditional Bahamian ensemble are cowbells, a carpenter's saw, a hair comb, a ridged bottle, shak-shaks, and a washtub bass. ... ",
"Figure 2 Rake-'n'-scrape saw player Harold Chipman, Nassau, Bahamas, 2004. Photo by Kenneth Bilby. ",
"Bahamian musicians utilize Western instruments, including banjos, guitars, accordions, pianos, drumsets, and modern electronic instruments. They sometimes incorporate them into ensembles that include the traditional instruments. "
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