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The botija was used to hold kerosene that was brought from Spain. The botijas were then utilized to hide money underground and were buried to prevent humidity from reaching the floors. <ref>{{cite web|last=Roman|title=The Bass in the Cuban Son|url=https://sites.google.com/site/mrsromanscorner/research-endeavors/the-bass-in-the-cuban-son|accessdate=15 September 2013}}</ref> The botijas were later dug up and used as musical instruments in the late nineteenth century in the Caribbean island of Cuba. <ref>http://www.boogalu.com/features/history-cuban-music</ref>This type of music was called Cuba Son and the botijas were used as bass instruments. The botijas were filled to specific levels with water in order to generate certain pitches and is then blown into to create bass notes. <ref>{{cite web|last=Roman|title=The Bass in the Cuban Son|url=https://sites.google.com/site/mrsromanscorner/research-endeavors/the-bass-in-the-cuban-son|accessdate=15 September 2013}}</ref> Another type of way the instrument was used included the use of reed into the botija while the player blows into the reed. <ref>{{cite web|last=Roman|title=The Bass in the Cuban Son|url=https://sites.google.com/site/mrsromanscorner/research-endeavors/the-bass-in-the-cuban-son|accessdate=15 September 2013}}</ref> |
The botija was used to hold kerosene that was brought from Spain. The botijas were then utilized to hide money underground and were buried to prevent humidity from reaching the floors. <ref>{{cite web|last=Roman|title=The Bass in the Cuban Son|url=https://sites.google.com/site/mrsromanscorner/research-endeavors/the-bass-in-the-cuban-son|accessdate=15 September 2013}}</ref> The botijas were later dug up and used as musical instruments in the late nineteenth century in the Caribbean island of Cuba. <ref>http://www.boogalu.com/features/history-cuban-music</ref>This type of music was called Cuba Son and the botijas were used as bass instruments. The botijas were filled to specific levels with water in order to generate certain pitches and is then blown into to create bass notes. <ref>{{cite web|last=Roman|title=The Bass in the Cuban Son|url=https://sites.google.com/site/mrsromanscorner/research-endeavors/the-bass-in-the-cuban-son|accessdate=15 September 2013}}</ref> Another type of way the instrument was used included the use of reed into the botija while the player blows into the reed. <ref>{{cite web|last=Roman|title=The Bass in the Cuban Son|url=https://sites.google.com/site/mrsromanscorner/research-endeavors/the-bass-in-the-cuban-son|accessdate=15 September 2013}}</ref> The use of the botija throughout parts of Cuba ended after the early twentieth century and was replaced by the double bass. |
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The player creates sound across a hole in the side whilst controlling the sound with his fingers in the mouth of the jug. It is filled with water to specific levels and is blown into to produce bass pitches. It was also played by inserting one end of a reed-like stick into the botija and the other end was held in between the player's teeth. The reed was used to guide the emission of air, allowing dexterity to play while moving away or near the opening of the botija while blowing. The instrument produces a bass sound.<ref>Carpentier, Alejo 2001 [1946]. ''Music in Cuba''. Minneapolis MN. p228</ref> The botija is now a relic instrument; the son groups replaced it with the [[double bass]] during the 1920s. |
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==Cuban Son== |
==Cuban Son== |
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The botija (botijuela; bunga) is a Caribbean musical instrument of the aerophone type. The botija is a potbellied earthenware jug or jar with two openings and was used in the early son sextetos in Cuba as a bass instrument.
Origination
The botija was used to hold kerosene that was brought from Spain. The botijas were then utilized to hide money underground and were buried to prevent humidity from reaching the floors. [1] The botijas were later dug up and used as musical instruments in the late nineteenth century in the Caribbean island of Cuba. [2]This type of music was called Cuba Son and the botijas were used as bass instruments. The botijas were filled to specific levels with water in order to generate certain pitches and is then blown into to create bass notes. [3] Another type of way the instrument was used included the use of reed into the botija while the player blows into the reed. [4] The use of the botija throughout parts of Cuba ended after the early twentieth century and was replaced by the double bass.
Cuban Son
See also
References
- ^ Roman. "The Bass in the Cuban Son". Retrieved 15 September 2013.
- ^ http://www.boogalu.com/features/history-cuban-music
- ^ Roman. "The Bass in the Cuban Son". Retrieved 15 September 2013.
- ^ Roman. "The Bass in the Cuban Son". Retrieved 15 September 2013.
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