In Ewe drumming, the term master drum is not limited to one particular type of drum. A master drum can be an atsimevu, sogo, kroboto, totodzi, or an agboba; these are the only types of drums used as master drums, however. Different master drums are used in different pieces.

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Sogo (Small Drum) :: Korean Traditional Music – GUGAK. It is made of hide. It is a percussion instrument. It is also called “beokgu”, “maegubuk”, or “sogo”.

The kpanlogo dance is often performed low to the ground, with bent knees and bent back, and frequently features sexually suggestive motions. The music accompanying the kpanlogo dance is drawn from older Ga drumming traditions, such as gome, oge and kolomashie.

The dance, is performed by individuals turning their right leg and right hand to a side where they also look in that direction of the legs and hands, they then do same with the left leg and hand also looking in that left direction following their leg and hand movement, this can be done at a spot or with movement in the …

also called castanet in English, this instrument contains a round metal ball that you wear on your finger, and a metal ring on the thumb, which you click together to make the sound.

Most talking drums sound like a human humming depending on the way they are played. Similar hourglass-shaped drums are found in Asia, but they are not used to mimic speech, although the idakka is used to mimic vocal music.

This apatampa group is from the Eastern Region of Ghana. Apatampa is a recreational dance for women that is often performed for festivals, puberty rites, and wedding. The group is introduced in Twi before their performance.

First, let’s take a look at the notes. With hand drumming, you get three types. These are base, tone, and slap. Bass is that deep, resounding beat that makes your heart pound along with it.

The djembe is the most popular drum from Africa. Known for its deep bass and crisp highs, it’s also one of the most enjoyable instruments to play! We’d like to share with you what we have learned in more than 20 years of traveling to West Africa, studying, selling, and repairing djembes for over 30 years.

African hand drums are played to communicate, celebrate, mourn and inspire. They’re played in times of peace and war, planting and harvesting, birth and death. Drums have been such a large part of Africans’ daily experience for so long that drumming pulses throughout their collective unconscious. It’s in their genes.

In much of Africa, drums are considered to symbolize and protect royalty, which often leads to their being housed in sacred dwellings. They can also be considered as a primitive telephone, since drums are also used to communicate with tribes that are miles and miles away.

Use of drums across the world started to spread across Asia, reaching Japan, India, Middle East, Africa and southern Europe by 2nd century BC (most notably African drums that were introduced into ancient Greece and Rome).

Every traditional culture throughout time has had its drum. Drums have been used for communication with mortals and immortals. Drums have been used to celebrate mortals and immortals. Across the globe, drumming has been part of the history of people both grounding themselves and transcending this world.

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• Percussion instrument.
• Snare drum.
• Kettledrum.
• Timpani.
• Tabla.
• Slit drum.
• Tambourine.
• Bass drum.