Common Objects (axe, washboard, sticks,
pots, etc.)
Everyday objects made cheap readily available
instruments. Washboards, axes, broomsticks and other items were used to
create rhythms with a range of tonal varities.
|  | Fiddle
The
fiddle was a popular instrument with both black and white musicians and
audiences. At social gatherings, slaves might dance the "back step,"
"buzzard lope," or "pigeon-wing" to the tunes of a fiddle.
"Alas! Had it not been for my beloved violin, I scarcely can conceive
how I could have endured the long years of bondage ..."
- Solomon
Northup |
