Steel Drums

Steel Drums

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Multiple Choice

What does Canboulay mean?

• from the French cannes brulées, meaning burnt cane

• a style of Afro-Caribbean music

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What is Tamboo Bamboo?

• chromatically pitched percussion metal instrument

• a percussion instrument

• a political movement

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What do you call someone who plays the Steel Drums?

• A pannist

• A pianist

• A drummer

• A hitter

From Kaiso to Calypso

• The drums or pans introduced a new genre of music called Calypso

• The musical style was an evolution of West African kaiso, and the satirical lyrics often mocked slave masters through double entendre

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What does to play music 'by ear' mean?

• Didn't learn music formally using sheet music

• You listen to someone else playing music and you copy what you hear

• You memorised the music

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