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Talking drum

The talking drum is an hourglass-shaped drum from West Africa, which can be used as a form of speech surrogacy by regulating its pitch and rhythm to mimic the tone and prosody of human speech. It has two drumheads connected by leather tension cords. It is often played while being held under the arm. The player can change the pitch of the drum by…

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History

GriotsBono peopleYoruba peopleGhana EmpireHausa people
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Playing styles

MandeSenegalGambiaMaliGuinea
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Overview

Hourglass-shaped drumTonesProsodyDrumheadsPitch
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Playing technique

Tension cordJohn F. CarringtonAshanti
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Classification
Percussion
Developed
Antiquity
Hornbostel–Sachs classification
211.242.11 (Individual double-skin hourglass-shaped drums, one skin used for playing)
Other names
Dondo, Odondo, Tamanin, Luca Cappacio, Lunna, Donno, Kalangu, Dan karbi, Igba, Doodo, Tama, Tamma, Gangan

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Talking drum

Nodes64
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Avg. degree1.97
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Talking drum

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related to history · 21
Talking drum → Benin, Bono, Cameroon, Chad, Dagomba, Djerma, Dunan, Fontomfrom, Fulani, Ghana, Ghana Empire, Hausa, Hourglass-shaped, Kanuri, Many, Nigeria, The Yoruba, This, West Africa, West African
related to Playing technique · 7
Talking drum → Clarke, Detailed, Europeans, In, Roger, The, This
related to Details of design · 6
Talking drum → Mandinka, Serer, The, The Tama, This, Wolof
related to External links · 5
Talking drum → Male, Senegalese, Tama, Video, Youtube
is a · 2
Talking drum → hourglass-shaped drum from West Africa, lead instrument
Classification · 1
Talking drum → Percussion
Developed · 1
Talking drum → Antiquity
Hornbostel–Sachs classification · 1
Talking drum → 211.242.11 (Individual double-skin hourglass-shaped drums, one skin used for playing)
Other names · 1
Talking drum → Dondo, Odondo, Tamanin, Luca Cappacio, Lunna, Donno, Kalangu, Dan karbi, Igba, Doodo, Tama, Tamma, Gangan

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drum talking used yoruba drums citation needed language messages tama serer pitch tones playing africa phrases west music drummers played

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Talking drumClassificationPercussion1.00infobox
Talking drumDevelopedAntiquity1.00infobox
Talking drumHornbostel–Sachs classification211.242.11 (Individual double-skin hourglass-shaped drums, one skin used for playing)1.00infobox
Talking drumOther namesDondo, Odondo, Tamanin, Luca Cappacio, Lunna, Donno, Kalangu, Dan karbi, Igba, Doodo, Tama, Tamma, Gangan1.00infobox
Talking drumis ahourglass-shaped drum from West Africa0.90text
Talking drumis alead instrument0.90text
the Ashanti or the Yorubainstance ofAmong some peoples0.80text
drum languageinstance ofAmong some peoples0.80text
literature were very highly developedinstance ofAmong some peoples0.80text
Senegalinstance ofThe predominant style of playing in areas further west0.80text
Gambiainstance ofThe predominant style of playing in areas further west0.80text
western Maliinstance ofThe predominant style of playing in areas further west0.80text

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