Folk music, also known colloquially as accordion band music, that originated on the slave plantations of Dominica. Dominican jing ping bands accompany a circle dance called the flirtation, as well as the Dominican quadrille. Jing ping bands are made up of a boumboum (boom pipe), syak or gwaj (scraper-rattle), tambal or tanbou (tambourine), and accordion. The double bass, violin, banjo, and guitar are also sometimes used. Bamboo flutes led the jing ping ensembles before the 1940s, when accordions were introduced. The Dominican flute tradition declined as a result, despite their additional use in serenades. Contemporary jing ping uses such modern instruments as a drum set, modern synthesizer, and electric bass.
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