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Encyclopedia > Rake and scrape

Ripsaw is a musical genre which originated in the Turks & Caicos Islands, specifically in the Middle and North Caicos. A very closely related variant, rake-and-scrape, is played in the Bahamas. Its most distinctive characteristic is the use of the common handsaw as the primary instrument, along with various kinds of drums, box guitar, concertina, triangle and accordion.


The saw is played by scraper an object, usually an old knife blade, along the jaw's teeth. The sound is similar to a paper being ripped, and is believed to be the origin of the term ripsaw. Rake-and-scrape derives from the method used by a player to create sound from the saw.


Though little is known for certain about ripsaw's genesis, two major theories include that the instrument was played to imitate the sound of the guido, a Dominican and Haitian accordion, and that Loyalist colonists in the United States brought their African slaves to the islands and invented the ripsaw to imitate the sound of the shekere instrument.


In the Bahamas, Cat Island is the only place to celebrate rake-and-scrape on a large scale. During June's Labour Day celebration, the island holds a Cat Island Rake and Scrape festival. Cat Island's rake-and-scrape tradition may be descended from immigrants from Turks and Caicos, who moved there in large numbers in the 20th century.



 

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