Add to ORKGThe drums set the basic rhythm and the song is led by a woman who occassionally breaks off her song to call to her chorus who reply a set phrase and then continue with the song. It is intereting to note that the sticks, which are tapped together, produce the same basic rhythm as that produced on sticks or bottles from Southern Congo right across the continent to the east coast. It can be counted as follows:- ONE, TWO, THREE, one-two: (rest) ONE, TWO, One-two (rest). The Luvale come from the high ground near the source of the Zambeze
This recording of the sound of genuine talking drums was made on the banks of the Congo River near S...
The Zande are a Sudanic people and are found along the north eastern border of the Congo and Souther...
"I will go towards Nyantungu until I reach Kaluguyu." Four men and women were playing the one drum, ...
Both the drum and the hands beat out the usual double beat, with the stick providing the simple sync...
The 2 drums set up a quick ripplig rhythm which is quickly followed by the typically antiphonal, cal...
The rhythm was tapped out on the body of the Likembe by a friend with a pen knife, the same tapping ...
The drums are not the normal drums used in Ruanda (Rwanda) but substitutes. The timekeeper was playi...
The 3 drums enter one after the other with the voices following. As usual it is the deepest toned dr...
"Mugogo" is the name of the smaller drum. "Lwendenda mintanda mukaintu Mulongo, maweli, maweli." "I ...
The slit drum is called mutumba (the canoe) and the cylindrical drum is Nguma. This group is situate...
Chief Nambela's councillor was calling his children to go along home with him to the next district o...
'You are too fond of visiting villages in search of women. One day you will meet an angry man who wi...
The drums are not the normal drums used in Ruanda (Rwanda) but substitutes. The timekeeper was playi...
The four drums used were 1) Mutumba, an open conical drum 37" tall, 11" membrane; 2) Jenje, an open ...
The whole set of drums should have been conical laced drums of the same shape but varying in pitch. ...
This recording of the sound of genuine talking drums was made on the banks of the Congo River near S...
The Zande are a Sudanic people and are found along the north eastern border of the Congo and Souther...
"I will go towards Nyantungu until I reach Kaluguyu." Four men and women were playing the one drum, ...
Both the drum and the hands beat out the usual double beat, with the stick providing the simple sync...
The 2 drums set up a quick ripplig rhythm which is quickly followed by the typically antiphonal, cal...
The rhythm was tapped out on the body of the Likembe by a friend with a pen knife, the same tapping ...
The drums are not the normal drums used in Ruanda (Rwanda) but substitutes. The timekeeper was playi...
The 3 drums enter one after the other with the voices following. As usual it is the deepest toned dr...
"Mugogo" is the name of the smaller drum. "Lwendenda mintanda mukaintu Mulongo, maweli, maweli." "I ...
The slit drum is called mutumba (the canoe) and the cylindrical drum is Nguma. This group is situate...
Chief Nambela's councillor was calling his children to go along home with him to the next district o...
'You are too fond of visiting villages in search of women. One day you will meet an angry man who wi...
The drums are not the normal drums used in Ruanda (Rwanda) but substitutes. The timekeeper was playi...
The four drums used were 1) Mutumba, an open conical drum 37" tall, 11" membrane; 2) Jenje, an open ...
The whole set of drums should have been conical laced drums of the same shape but varying in pitch. ...
This recording of the sound of genuine talking drums was made on the banks of the Congo River near S...
The Zande are a Sudanic people and are found along the north eastern border of the Congo and Souther...
"I will go towards Nyantungu until I reach Kaluguyu." Four men and women were playing the one drum, ...