steel band
Trinidad percussion group
A steel band is a musical ensemble that plays steel drums—tuned percussion instruments made from oil barrels, originating in Trinidad.
The term also refers to the genre of Caribbean music such groups perform: The steel band played calypso at the festival.
Steel bands are central to Carnival celebrations.
- steelpanTuned percussion from barrels
- calypsoAfro-Caribbean satirical music
- carnivalTraveling amusement attraction
- road marchMilitary long-distance walk
- percussionSound through impact
soca · engine room · festival · Trinidad and Tobago · fete · Caribbean music · pan · beat · tuned · oil drum · jump-up · parade · drums · island · metallic · jubilant · Trinidad · hammered
- music groupschoir, orchestra, chorus, duo, trio
- music makingsinging, jam session, jam sessions, karaoke, open mic
- musical actsgroup, duo, trio, quartet, quintet
- musical ensemblesduet, orchestra, trio, quartet, quintet
- steelpansteelpan, steelband, pan, panorama, frontline
- Caribbean musiccalypso, soca, reggae, ska, steelpan
steel bandstring orchestra
Ensemble of violin-family instruments
string quartet · symphony orchestra · chamber orchestra · string ensemble · choir
steel bandphilharmonic orchestra
Large classical music ensemble
symphony orchestra · classical ensemble · chamber orchestra · Vienna Philharmonic
band, steel, steelworks, steelworker, steelwork, steelyard, steelpans, steel drum