- A
djembe or
jembe (/ˈdʒɛmbeɪ/ JEM-bay; from
Malinke jembe [dʲẽbe], N'Ko: ߖߋ߲߰ߓߋ) is a rope-tuned skin-covered
goblet drum pla**** with bare hands, originally...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
-
goatskin is
sometimes used, in
imitation of the high
sound of the po****r
djembe drum. It is pla**** with the hands, and
tuned by ropes.
Ashiko drums – or...
- individually, with the
player using a
single drum, and some
drums such as the
djembe are
almost always pla**** in this way.
Others are
normally pla**** in a set...
- took to
music at an
early age,
studying piano as a
child and
guitar and
djembe in his teens.
During a trip to India, he
encountered devotional yoga and...
-
traditional West
African music incorporates greater use of
drums such as the
djembe.
Contemporary styles of
music in West
Africa have been
influenced by American...
-
improvised tool.
Examples of membranophones: B**** drum
Bongos Conga Darbuka Djembe Kuzeh Mridangam Octoban Parai Rototom Snare drum
Tabla Thavil Timpani Tom-tom...
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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...
