- tubes, used as a
substitute percussion instrument when
drums were
outlawed tibwa p'tit bois
French Guiana,
Saint Lucia and
Martinique 2
Wooden sticks, pla****...
-
instrumentation (cylindrical single-membraned drum (bèlè) and the
rhythm sticks (
tibwa); the call-and-response
singing style; the soloist's improvisation, and...
- by the "
tibwa" (two
wooden sticks) pla**** on a
length of
bamboo mounted on a
stand to the
tambour bèlè.
Added to the
tambour bèlè and
tibwa are the maracas...
-
French Antilles (esp.
Guadeloupe and Martinique)
Typical instruments Gwo ka
tibwa shak shak br****
synthesizer guitar b****
guitar drum
machine Derivative forms...
-
containers of all kinds,
plastic plumbing, bells,
tanbou débonda, bélé chacha,
tibwa and bélé drums.
Aside from the
biguine vidé bands,
Vaval includes song and...
-
Amerindian cultural contributions. The Kasékò is pla**** with four instruments :
Tibwa or ti-bwa ;
Three "tanbou" (drum) :
Tanbou foulé or foulé kasékò, Tanbou...
- (called
tibwa) to beat out
characteristic and
intricate cross-rhythms on the side of the drum. In bélé, the cinquillo-tresillo is beat out by the
tibwa, but...
- by the "
tibwa" (two
wooden sticks) pla**** on a
length of
bamboo mounted on a
stand to the
tambour bèlè.
Added to the
tambour bèlè and
tibwa are the maracas...
-
style is
rooted in the
Guadeloupean gwoka rhythm, as well as the
Martinican tibwa and Mendé rhythms.
Regarded as one of the most
influential bands in 20th-century...
- dance; the
other two are
typically accompanied by a ka drum or
sometimes the
tibwa percussion sticks,
which provides a
rhythm for dancers. Sung jwé, jwé chanté...
