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Ashiko

The ashiko is a drum, shaped like a tapered cylinder or truncated cone with the head on the wide end, and the narrow end open. It is made of hardwood and generally has a calfskin hide. Nowadays, goatskin is sometimes used, in imitation of the high sound of the popular djembe drum. It is played with the hands, and tuned by ropes. Ashiko drums – or…

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History

Yoruba cultureNigeriaBeninTalking drumYorubaland
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Characteristics

MatriarchalMali empireAfro-Cuban
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Overview

DrumGoatskinDjembeWest Africa
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Classification
Membranophone
Developed
Yoruba
Hornbostel–Sachs classification
211.251.1 (Open ended conical drum)

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Ashiko

Nodes30
Edges29
Triples39
Avg. degree1.93
Density0.066667
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related to history · 22
Ashiko → Abakua, Afro-Brazilian, Afro-Caribbean, Afro-Colombian, Afro-Latin American, Atlantic, Bahia, Benin, Caribbean, Colombia, Drums, Eastern Cuba, In Cuba, Nigeria, Perhaps, Tambor Alegre, The, Timbau, Traditional, West Africa
related to Characteristics · 12
Ashiko → Also, Guinee, Mali, Some, Superficial, Technique, That, The, There, Traditional Ashiko Drum Playing, Yoruba, Yorubaland
is a · 2
Ashiko → drum, drum with its own history and is not a counterpart or derivative
Classification · 1
Ashiko → Membranophone
Developed · 1
Ashiko → Yoruba
Hornbostel–Sachs classification · 1
Ashiko → 211.251.1 (Open ended conical drum)

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drum drums djembe yoruba well culture also olatunji cone tuned found west us conga open goatskin traditional one region technique

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AshikoClassificationMembranophone1.00infobox
AshikoDevelopedYoruba1.00infobox
AshikoHornbostel–Sachs classification211.251.1 (Open ended conical drum)1.00infobox
Ashikois adrum0.90text
Ashikois adrum with its own history and is not a counterpart or derivative0.90text
Ashikorelated to CharacteristicsSome0.60section
Ashikorelated to CharacteristicsYoruba0.60section
Ashikorelated to CharacteristicsAlso0.60section
Ashikorelated to CharacteristicsTraditional Ashiko Drum Playing0.60section
Ashikorelated to CharacteristicsTechnique0.60section
Ashikorelated to CharacteristicsThe0.60section
Ashikorelated to CharacteristicsThere0.60section

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