List of aerophones used in Caribbean music, including the islands of the Caribbean Sea, Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana, Belize, and Bermuda.
Instrument | Tradition | Hornbostel–Sachs classification | Description |
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accordion[1] |
Dominican Republic | 4 | Used in popular merengue, where it replaced the guitar. |
accordion[1] |
Belize | 3 | Used in Belizean Brukdown. |
bois bourrique | See vaccine | - | |
botija[2][3] botijuela, bunga |
Cuba | 4 | Empty jug, sometimes with a hole on the side, used in rural folk genres like son |
botijuela | See botija | - | |
bugle[4] |
Trinidad and Tobago | 4 | Original source of the melody in steelpan |
bunga | See botija | - | |
cayambouque[5] |
Haiti | 4 | Cow horn, used for signalling |
clarinet[6] |
Trinidad and Tobago | 4 | Used in traditional calypso |
clarinet[7] |
Trinidad and Tobago | 4 | Later addition to the tamboo bamboo ensembles |
conchshell[5] {{{Other names}}} |
Garifuna music | 423.110 | Conch shell horn, used for signalling, traditional drumming. |
cornet[6] |
Trinidad and Tobago | 4 | 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 Garifuna Punta |
saxophone[1] |
Dominican Republic, Cuba, | 4 | Used in merengue, where it is the main instrumentation for the jaleo. Used in popular Cuban bands. |
trumpet[2][3] |
Cuba | 4 | Used in comparsa pre-Easter celebrations |
trumpet[7] |
Trinidad and Tobago | 4 | Later addition to the tamboo bamboo ensembles |
trumpet[8] |
Trinidad and Tobago | 4 | Used in the Spiritual Baptist musical tradition |
vaccine[5] bois borrique |
Haiti | 423 | Made of bamboo |
von-von[5] |
Haiti | 412.22 | Bullroarer, used in Rara ceremonies
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