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| | Name | Calypso | | Typical instruments | Trumpet, trombone, flute, saxophone, Spanish guitar, bass guitar, conga, bongos, steelpan, violin, bamboo sticks, glass bottle/spoon, claves, maracas, cuatro, concertina, jawbone | | Mainstream popularity | Early to mid 20th century | | Subgenres | Oratorical calypso Extempo Shouter calypso Benna | | Subgenre list | Calypso music hi | | Fusion genres | Chutney Chut-kai-pang Rapso Soca Gospelypso Cadence-lypso Ska | | Regional scenes | Anguilla Antigua and Barbuda puerto rican calypso Aruba Barbados Costa Rica Grenada Dominica Saint Kitts and Nevis Virgin Islands Venezuela | | Other topics | Carnival Calypsonian Calypso-like genres Calypso tent Picong Shango Obeah |
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Calypso is a style of Afro-Caribbean music that originated in Trinidad and Tobago from African and European roots. The roots of the genre lay in the arrival of enslaved Africans, who, not being allowed to speak with each other, communicated through song. This forged a sense of community among the Africans, who saw their colonial masters change rapidly, bringing French, Spanish and British music styles to the island of Trinidad. The French brought Carnival to Trinidad, and calypso competitions at Carnival grew in popularity, especially after the abolition of slavery in 1834. While most authorities stress the African roots of calypso, in his 1986 book Calypso from France to Trinidad, 800 Years of History veteran calypsonian The Roaring Lion (Rafael de Leon) asserted that calypso descends from the music of the medieval French troubadours.
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