Jug (Instrument)

A Jug is a simple, made ​​of an earthenware jug bass accompaniment. He is one of the early African-American musical instruments.

To create a bass sound, you blow into the jug into fits and starts, the lips are excited and vibrate without touching the pitcher. Another option is to hit with a rag in one hand on the pitcher opening, while the other hand partially covering the opening to regulate the pitch.

The Jug was particularly in the first half of the 20th century in the popular Blues ( Jug Band, Jug music).

A special form of the jug, the electric jug used in the 1960s, Tommy Hall of the U.S. psychedelic rock band The 13th Floor Elevators, as if second bass. Its use was the sound of the elevator a very special vibrant and ethereal sound.

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