Instruments in African American Music
- Djembe: An African instrument used for story telling and healing. Makes three sounds: bass, tone, and slap.
- Bones: An instrument comprised of two sticks made of wood used to play percussions. Became popular through the blackface minstrel shows as a featured instrument. Popularly used currently in bluegrass music.
- Banjo: A string instrument created by west Africans and evolved by slaves and white men in North America. Early banjos origins are in 1620 and have evolved from a variety of stringed instruments used by west Africans on the Gambia river Banjos have a negative connotation for black people because of their use in Black minstrel shows.
- Tamborine: A rhythmic instrument derived from the black Baptist churches in the United States.
- Guitar:
- Frottoir/Washboard:
- Kora: An instrument made out of a gourd and string
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