jug

A jug is a cylindrical container with a handle and is used for holding and pouring liquids. A jug of liquid is the amount that the jug contains. ...a jug of water. [ + of] Synonyms: container, pitcher, urn, carafe More Synonyms of jug.

The jug used as a musical instrument is an empty jug (usually made of glass or stoneware) played with buzzed lips to produce a trombone-like tone. The characteristic sound of the jug is low and hoarse, below the higher pitch of the fiddle, harmonica, and the other instruments in the band.

A jug usually has a fairly small spout or mouth at the top; a gallon milk container is one kind of jug, usually made of plastic. Other jugs are made of clay or glass. In some countries, beer comes in a jug, and in others water is collected and carried in a jug.

It originated in Louisville, Kentucky, when African-American musicians began making music using found or homemade instruments such as empty jugs, washboards, and kazoos. By 1915, Louisville jug bands were traveling to Chicago, New York, and other cities to perform.

Together. And blow air. And make them flop like that.

A jug band is a band employing a jug player and a mix of conventional and homemade instruments. These homemade instruments are ordinary objects adapted to or modified for making sound, like the washtub bass, washboard, spoons, bones, stovepipe, jew's harp, and comb and tissue paper.

The Itchyworms The Itchyworms is a Filipino rock band. The band is composed of Jazz Nicolas on lead vocals, drums and piano, Jugs Jugueta on co-lead vocals, keys and guitars, Kelvin Yu on bass guitars, Chino Singson on lead guitars, Weckl Mercado on guitars, and Mikey Amistoso on guitars and keys.

To help you out, below mentioned are few of the different types of water jugs which you can have it to make you dining complete:

• Tritan Copolyester Water Jug: Nowadays you will always find water jug made of Tritan Copolyester.
• Glass Water Jug:
• Steel Water Jug :
• Aluminium Water Jug :
• Plastic Water Jug:

Jug Bands began (as best anyone can figure) in the urban South. They music was a mixture of Memphis blues (before it was known as the 'blues'), ragtime and jazz music. The development of jug bands is closely related to the development of the blues.

Traditional stoneware jugs look good, but plastic maple syrup containers or milk jugs are lighter (and unbreakable) and work just as well.

What are the roles of the different instruments in a jug band? The washboard, the bones, and the spoons provide percussion and rhythm for a jug band. The washtub base, the jaw harp, comb and tissue paper, some other modified stringed instruments, as well as the jug take the other places in a jug band.

Together. And blow air. And make them flop like that. That's and that's called embouchure.