Editing Jug band (section)

==History==
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Early jug bands were typically made up of [[African-American]] [[vaudeville]] and [[medicine show]] musicians. Beginning in the urban [[Southern United States|South]] (namely, Louisville, Kentucky, and Memphis, Tennessee), they played a mixture of [[blues]], [[ragtime]], and [[jazz]]. The history of jug bands is related to the [[origins of the blues|development of the blues]]. The informal and energetic music of the jug bands also contributed to the development of [[rock and roll]].

The jug sound is made by taking a [[jug (container)|jug]] (usually made of glass or stoneware) and buzzing the lips into its mouth from about an inch away. As with brass instruments, changes in pitch are controlled by altering [[embouchure|lip tension]], and an accomplished jug player could have a two-octave range. The stovepipe (usually a section of tin pipe, three or four inches in diameter) is played in much the same manner, with the pipe rather than the jug serving as the resonating chamber. There is some similarity to the [[didgeridoo]], but there is no contact between the stovepipe and the player's lips. Some jug and stovepipe players utilize throat vocalization along with lip buzzing, as with the didgeridoo.

The swooping sounds of the jug fill a musical role halfway between the [[trombone]] and [[sousaphone]] or [[tuba]] in [[Dixieland]] bands, playing mid- and lower-range harmonies in rhythm.

In the early days of jug band music, homemade guitars and mandolins were sometimes made from the necks of discarded manufactured guitars fastened to large gourds that were flattened on one side, with a sound-hole cut into the flat side, before drying. Banjos were sometimes made from a discarded guitar neck and a metal pie plate.