Bass box

Japanese: bass box(英語表記)bassbox
Bass box

In the 19th century, the sanza was introduced to Latin America, where it began to be used in the music of black Caribbean people. The rumba box (also called the bass box, a low-pitched instrument used in ensembles, especially in Jamaica; a modern, enlarged version of the sanza, used as a substitute for the double bass) is one example.

*Some of the terminology that mentions "bass box" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

… 19世紀にサンザはラテン・アメリカへもたらされて,カリブ海の黒人の音楽に用いられるようになった。ルンバ・ボックスrumba box(ベース・ボックスbass boxともいい,とくにジャマイカで合奏の際に用いられる低音楽器。サンザを大型化して改造した近代楽器でコントラバスの代用にされる)はその一例である。…

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