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Boula (music)

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the floor. The tone created is high, but somewhat muted. While this drum's parts seem simple, it requires true skill and stamina to play them accurately, especially at fast tempos. This drum serves the same function as the boula in the rada batterie and is played in the same way. Drummers claim that this addition "heats-up" the music.
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of Haiti, the boula is in the same family as the Manman, Segon, and is the smallest of the three (7-8 inches in diameter and 18 – 24 inches tall) and is responsible for playing an ostinato pattern which really propels the rhythm forward. This drum is played with two sticks, and the base rests flat on
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celebrations. It is a hand drum that plays low-pitched sounds and is played single-handed and transversally.
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region of the Caribbean, the boula drum is used in the
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Index


drums
Caribbean music
Lesser Antilles
big drum
Music of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Carriacou
rum
Music of Grenada
Grenada
Music of Guadeloupe
Guadeloupean
hand drum
tambou bèlè
gwo ka
wakes
wrestling
Carnival
Music of Haiti
Greater Antilles
Music of Trinidad and Tobago
Trinidad and Tobago
kalenda


"Grenada"
865–872
ISBN
0-8153-1865-0
"Tombstone - Big Drum - Saraca"

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