MUS 335: Advanced African Drumming

User icon Heather Dray
22 November 2023
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Primary source multimedia of performances from Ghana, Togo and Benin.


The African Music Library was created as a historical journey, to chronicle not just all things music in Africa, but as a place to create community, spark discussions, and learn. …


National Museums of World Culture · 1983 Swedish

Plåttrumma täckt med getskinn, tillverkad av Kalulue 1983. Även själva trumskinnet är av getskinn. På sina håll finns päls kvar. På trumman hänger ett rassel tillverkat av skokrämsburkar fyllda med …


BL: British Library · 1966 Akan

Notes provided by Rycroft on tape box (these notes are copied word for word): Akan 'hourglass' drum 'Dono', held under left armpit and squeezed to raise the pitch (pressure on …


BL: British Library · 1966 Akan

This is a demonstration of the Akan atumpan 'talking drums', at Legon during a drumming workshop. A male drummer illustrates the relationship between certain drum rhythms and the local Twi …