• Caribbean music has diverse origins tracing back to the region's complex history of colonization, slavery, and migration.

• Indigenous Taíno and Carib peoples had their own musical traditions prior to European colonization in the 15th century.

• African slaves brought to work on Caribbean plantations carried with them rich musical heritage that profoundly shaped the region's music.

• European colonizers (Spanish, British, French, Dutch) introduced their musical styles and instruments which blended with African and indigenous influences.

• Slavery and the forced migration of Africans to the Caribbean led to the development of creole cultures and musical forms.

• Post-emancipation period saw the emergence of new musical expressions as former slaves asserted their cultural identities.

• Origin about Caribbean music

• Influences from other countries to create new sound

• characterized by the fusion of African rhythms, European melodies, and indigenous instruments

2) Instruments & characteristics of caribbean

-Traditional Puerto Rico Drum

-Low pitch and is primiraly responsible for keeping the rhythm

-Famous in the bomba musical genre

https://www.sandals.com/blog/the-musical-instruments-of-the-caribbean-islands/

-Traditional Trinidad and Tobago

-Made out of steel barrels

-there are several different sizes of steel drum to produce a multitude of sounds

https://www.sandals.com/blog/the-musical-instruments-of-the-caribbean-islands/

-Traditional Central Chile

-Made from gourds or shells and filled with dried seeds

-Make a noise when shaken

https://artsphere.org/maraca/

-Traditional Spain

-There used guitar on music genre called bachata

-This genre is popular throught the carribean and latin american, and is closely to related to romantic guitar music

https://www.sandals.com/blog/the-musical-instruments-of-the-caribbean-islands/

-Traditional Puerto Rico

-A hollow cylinder with ridges on one side,and a stick is run up and down the ridges

-Creating an amplified noise inside the hollow instrument

https://www.carvedculture.com/blogs/articles/everything-you-need-to-know-about-a-guiro?srsltid=AfmBOoo4KMgVuvKqN141KI-ViFQry_4Cas22HMdo_K7NOKZpNq28q7Ns

-Traditional Puerto Rico

These are small sticks that strike a wooden block for a small, handheld percussion instrument

-Make important of dance music and the prevelance of guitar trios

https://www.sandals.com/blog/the-musical-instruments-of-the-caribbean-islands/

Tok?

Big Mountain is a band from San Diego, CA performing their original song “Caribbean Blue” live at the Sugarshack in Bonita Springs, FL.

Music instrument on reggae genres

Drum, electric guitar , bass, acoustic guitar, keyboard.

Calypso music instrument:

Marimba, steel drum and modern instrument music band. More like oceans vibes sound.

Soca genres more to djing vibes and the sound more to techno and all the intruments was in electro version and midi.

https://www.britannica.com/art/dancehall-music

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merengue_music

and intricate footwork

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bachata_(music)