![]() group of bamboos were known as cutters and represented the soprano pitch.Tamboo bamboo bands were purely rhythmic ensembles comprised of a sufficient mix of sounds to achieve tonal balance. The instruments of the tamboo bamboo bands were made of bamboo stems of different sizes, weights, widths and lengths. The best time to cut the bamboo therefore, is during the dark of night around new moon, bamboo stems were usually cut at night and dried out for a week or more before being prepared. It is said when one cuts the bamboo plant in sunlight, the stems are more vulnerable to termites, fungus and general rotting processes. In the sunlight physiological activity takes place within the plants - as it produces sugars and starches in the process of photosynthesis. ![]() Bamboo like all other plants takes in carbon dioxide (CO 2) and gives off oxygen (0 2). It grows at an incredible rate, indeed it is among the fastest growing plant on land. ![]() ![]() Tamboo is from the French word tambour which means drum.īamboo is a member of the grass family. Extract from The Trinidad and Tobago Steel Pan.
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