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Ripsaw is a musical genre which originated in the Turks and Caicos Islands, specifically in the Middle and North Caicos. A very closely related variant, rake-and-scrape, is played in the Bahamas. Its most distinctive characteristic is the use of the common handsaw as the primary instrument, along with various kinds of drums, box guitar, concertina, triangle and accordion. In the Bahamas, Cat Island is the only place to celebrate rake-and-scrape on a large scale. During June's Labour Day celebration, the island holds a festival.
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| dbo:abstract | Ripsaw is a musical genre which originated in the Turks and Caicos Islands, specifically in the Middle and North Caicos. A very closely related variant, rake-and-scrape, is played in the Bahamas. Its most distinctive characteristic is the use of the common handsaw as the primary instrument, along with various kinds of drums, box guitar, concertina, triangle and accordion. The saw is played by scraping an object, usually an old knife blade, along the saw's teeth, while bending the saw to produce a different timbre. The sound is similar to a paper being ripped, and is believed to be the origin of the term ripsaw. Rake-and-scrape derives from the method used by a player to create sound from the saw. Though little is known for certain about ripsaw's genesis, two major theories include that the instrument was played to imitate the sound of the güiro, a Dominican and Haiti percussion instrument, and that Loyalist colonists in the United States brought their African slaves to the islands and these slaves invented the ripsaw to imitate the sound of the shekere instrument. In the Bahamas, Cat Island is the only place to celebrate rake-and-scrape on a large scale. During June's Labour Day celebration, the island holds a festival. (en) Il Ripsaw è un genere musicale che ha avuto origine nelle Isole Turks e Caicos, in particolare nelle Caicos centrali e settentrionali. Una variante strettamente correlata, il rake-and-scrape, si suona alle Bahamas. La sua caratteristica più distintiva è l'uso della sega a mano come strumento principale, insieme a vari tipi di tamburi, box guitar, concertina, triangolo e fisarmonica. La sega viene suonata raschiando un oggetto, di solito una vecchia lama di coltello, lungo i denti della sega. Il suono è simile a una carta strappata e si ritiene che sia l'origine del termine ripsaw. Rake-and-scrape deriva dal metodo utilizzato da un suonatore per creare suoni dalla sega. Sebbene si sappia poco sulla genesi del ripsaw, due importanti teorie ipotizzano che lo strumento venisse suonato per imitare il suono del güiro, uno strumento a percussione dominicano e haitiano e che i coloni lealisti negli Stati Uniti portarono i loro schiavi africani nelle isole e questi schiavi inventarono il ripsaw per imitare il suono dello strumento shekere. Alle Bahamas, Cat Island è l'unico luogo in cui celebrare rake-and-scrap su larga scala. Durante la celebrazione del Labor Day di giugno, l'isola tiene un festival a Cat Island di Rake e Scrape. (it) |
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| rdfs:comment | Ripsaw is a musical genre which originated in the Turks and Caicos Islands, specifically in the Middle and North Caicos. A very closely related variant, rake-and-scrape, is played in the Bahamas. Its most distinctive characteristic is the use of the common handsaw as the primary instrument, along with various kinds of drums, box guitar, concertina, triangle and accordion. In the Bahamas, Cat Island is the only place to celebrate rake-and-scrape on a large scale. During June's Labour Day celebration, the island holds a festival. (en) Il Ripsaw è un genere musicale che ha avuto origine nelle Isole Turks e Caicos, in particolare nelle Caicos centrali e settentrionali. Una variante strettamente correlata, il rake-and-scrape, si suona alle Bahamas. La sua caratteristica più distintiva è l'uso della sega a mano come strumento principale, insieme a vari tipi di tamburi, box guitar, concertina, triangolo e fisarmonica. Alle Bahamas, Cat Island è l'unico luogo in cui celebrare rake-and-scrap su larga scala. Durante la celebrazione del Labor Day di giugno, l'isola tiene un festival a Cat Island di Rake e Scrape. (it) |
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