MUS 185 Lecture Notes - Lecture 27: Surface 3, Ellie Mannette, Canboulay Riots
18 Apr 2016
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Proper terminology = pan, or steel pan. Pan also refers the art form as a whole, also. French migraion brings french culture, including the masquerade (aka, carnival) Tension was mouning between upper and lower classes in the mid to late 1800s. Targeted loud of ofensive instruments, aka skin drums, popular among the lower classes. Ater a ime, bamboo is replaced by metal containers. E. g. , biscuit ins, small trash cans & industrial containers. Percussive only to begin with (no pitches) The irst tuned pans were called ping pongs . 1940s: experimentaion & improvements by a number of people. Key innovaion: the use of 55-gallon barrels, rather than small containers. Ellie mannete is widely credited with this innovaion (1946) 55-gallon barrel size (allowed for greater # of pitch areas) Ater the irst melodic pans were created, people set about creaing accompaniment instruments. Steel pans were commonly played round de neck in carnival parades. Pan was invented by badjohns (ruians; hooligans)
