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steel pan
noun[ Cusually plural ]
(alsosteelpan)uk /ˌstiːl ˈpæn/ us / ˌstiːl ˈpæn/
a wide metal drum shaped like a bowl, traditionally made from an oil container, used especially in popular music from the Caribbean islands:
I'm a big fan of steel pans and drums.
She plays in a steelpan orchestra.
In Trinidad and Tobago, the instrument is called the steel pan.
As well as calypso and soca, there are gospel concerts and steel pan evenings.
Steelpan bands have grown popular around the globe since the instrument was invented in the early 1900s.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Musical instruments
accordion
acoustically
aerophone
alphorn
alto
drum kit
drum machine
drumbeat
drumhead
drumroll
ocarina
oud
over-pedal
panpipes
paradiddle
tuned
tuning fork
tuning peg
ukulele
unpitched
Synonym
steel drum
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