A djembe or jembe (/ˈdʒɛmbeɪ/ JEM-bay; from Malinke jembe [dʲẽbe], N'Ko: ߖߋ߲߰ߓߋ) is a rope-tuned skin-covered goblet drum played with bare hands, originally...
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West Asia, North Africa, South Asia, and Eastern Europe. The West African djembe is also a goblet membranophone. This article focuses on the Middle Eastern...
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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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The Djembé d’Or is a music award created in 2000, given formerly only to musicians from Guinea, later expanding to include artists from other African countries...
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additional vocals, production, mixing Ozun Usta – djembe, drums, ghatam Tomer Yosef – banjo, darbouka, djembe, percussion Itamar Ziegler – acoustic bass, twelve-string...
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name for a family of West African drums that have developed alongside the djembe in the Mande drum ensemble. A dunun is a rope-tuned cylindrical drum with...
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improvised tool. Examples of membranophones: Bass drum Bongos Conga Darbuka Djembe Kuzeh Mridangam Octoban Parai Rototom Snare drum Tabla Thavil Timpani Tom-tom...
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Music of Mali (section Djembe)
traditional djembe ensemble is most commonly attributed to the Maninka and Maraka: it basically consists of one small dunun (or konkoni) and one djembe soloist...
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individually, with the player using a single drum, and some drums such as the djembe are almost always played in this way. Others are normally played in a set...
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