The washboard and frottoir (from Cajun French "frotter", to rub) are used as a percussion instrument, employing the ribbed metal surface of the cleaning...

A vest frottoir or rubboard is a percussion instrument used in zydeco music similar to a washboard. It is usually made from pressed, corrugated stainless...

use the French accordion and a Creole washboard instrument called the frottoir. Zydeco music is typically played in an uptempo, syncopated manner with...

guacharaca, the Brazilian reco-reco, the quijada (cow jawbone) and the frottoir (French) or fwotwa (French Creole) (washboard). In the Arawakan language...

credited with redesigning the wood and crimped tin washboard into the vest frottoir, an instrument that easily hung from the shoulders. He sketched his idea...

they consist of Mojo on vocals and Cajun accordion, Zydeco T Carrier on Frottoir, Greg Hirte on Cajun fiddle, Tee John Moser on drums, and Beau Brian Burke...

instrumentation includes cornet, clarinet, trombone, tuba, tenor banjo, guitar, frottoir, and vocals. The ensemble draws its inspiration from the early jazz, ragtime...

loose rib bones produces a much sharper sound than the zydeco washboard or frottoir, which mimics rattling a bone up and down a fixed ribcage. Rhythm bones...

Music). An instrument unique to zydeco is a form of washboard called the frottoir or scrub board. This is a vest made of corrugated aluminum, and played...

Album. Jose Alvarez – Guitar, Vocals Bob Dylan – Composer Ralph Fontenot – Frottoir Alexandra Huddleston – Images, Photography Jillian Johnson – Package Design...