Rake-and-scrape the hand saw became a constant playing style that is known as traditional Rake and Scrape, and the combination of these instruments used to produce this sound has without any doubt originated in the Bahamas. Quote from Smithsonian Folkways recordings on the origin of Rake and scrape music in the Bahamas states "The rake and scrape band hails back to the 1800s, when the Africans who were brought to the Bahamas looked to make music on whatever was available to them: a carpenter's saw, pork barrels with goat or sheep skin to make a drum, and the accordion which might
Inch per second Inch per second The inch per second is a unit of speed or velocity. It expresses the distance in inches ("in") traveled or displaced, divided by time in seconds ("s", or "sec"). The equivalent SI unit is the metre per second. Abbreviations include in/s, in/sec, ips, and less frequently in s. 1 inch per second is equivalent to: 1 metre per second ≈ 39.370079 inches per second (approximately)<br> 1 foot per second = 12 inches per second (exactly)<br> 1 mile per hour = 17.6 inches per second (exactly)<br> 1 kilometre per hour ≈ 10.936133 inches per second (approximately) In magnetic