Portfolio:Spanish
As we are now drawing nearer to the end, I will conclude on my theme creolization. I will talk about how creolization is seen in the Spanish Caribbean. An example that the lecture readings talk about in the Spanish Portfolio from Puerto Rico is the instruments used to play this 'music'. The instrument below is called the marimbula. This Marimbula was used as an Antillean modification of the African Lamellaphone, serves as a bass instrument during many popular festivities involving music. https://th.bing.com/th/id/R.b177f61bf0ec5c6f33c5078b4356ef40?rik=TefPl%2bw%2fKfLY1g&riu=http%3a%2f%2fmedia-cache-ak0.pinimg.com%2f736x%2ff9%2fc7%2f55%2ff9c7551e966bd45106c2498a36666dc4.jpg&ehk=zSv88cfxq7lELExULW69P3cpMoIBL61iJnneFqJjXUA%3d&risl=&pid=ImgRaw&r=0 Marimbula 8 Tones / Schlagwerk MA840 // Matthias Philipzen - YouTube The above video shows how the marimbula is supposed to be played and what it sounds like. I like this instrument because the design almost looks li