Steel band | Caribbean, Calypso & Reggae | Britannica
steel band, Trinidadian music ensemble, particularly associated with Carnival, that is primarily composed of steel idiophones—called pans or steel pans—made from the bottoms of 55-gallon oil barrels. The barrel bottoms are hammered inward, different areas being shaped to …
Steelpan - Wikipedia
The steelpan (also known as a pan, steel drum, and sometimes, collectively with other musicians, as a steelband or steel orchestra) is a musical instrument originating in Trinidad and Tobago. Steelpan musicians are called pannists.
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List of steelbands - Wikipedia
Steelbands, originating from Trinidad and Tobago, are groups of musicians who play steelpan instruments including the Tenor, Double Tenor, Double Second, Cello, Guitar, Quadrophonic and Bass together as an orchestral ensemble, often with expansive percussion and rhythm section. This is a list of notable steelbands organized by country.
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Combined into its own orchestra called the steelband, the steel pan can be tuned to play various scales within a diverse arrangements of music. The modern steelband or steel orchestra can successfully reproduce the compositions of pop, jazz, calypso, the work of classical European composers and other musical forms.
The Origins of Steel Pan — Google Arts & Culture
Explore the creation of steel pans in Trinidad and Tobago, the popularisation of steel bands in Notting Hill Carnival, and the development of the UK National Panorama competition. The steel pan...
Steel Band from Trinidad and Tobago · Grinnell College ...
The steel band's primary constituents are steel pans or steel drums (or simply pans), but may also include other traditional and ad-hoc rhythm instruments. Pans are aggregate gongs (shared contiguous rim) comprised of anywhere from 3 to 29 apexes divided from a common surface.