The leader plays five and sometimes six drums, the next plays numbers' six and seven, and two players the bass drums numbers' eight and nine. The tuning of the drums was as follows; Nduisi 162, Usonjo 132, Ntewe 118, Ngunte (pitch uncertain, possibly 97 vs.) 9 tuned Likhuba drums. Conical, pegged, weighted
The drum was beaten by two men, each with one wooden beater. Each player holds one end-blown pipe an...
A set of two drums. The right-hand one is called tabla and is tuned to the interval of a 5th or 4th....
This drum tune is taken from a song about a simple country lad who wanted to go and work for the Kab...
The drums are weighted with castor oil bean paste. It is removed from the drum head immediately afte...
In this recording the rhythm of the four small goblet drums set against the single bass drum can be ...
The drum leader was not satisfied with the pitch of the drums and stopped playing to adjust the amou...
1 x - 14.52104 -; 4 x - 14.25103 -; 4 x - 14.02101 -. This set of 9 drums was very carefully tuned b...
The drums are weighted with castor oil bean paste. It is removed from the drum head immediately afte...
The whole set of drums should have been conical laced drums of the same shape but varying in pitch. ...
The approximate sizes of the drums were:- Ntamivu, big drum, 25 inches across, 37 inches tall. Naku,...
The clear sound of these drums suggests metal rather than membrane tone. The membranes had been tigh...
The drums are carved out of Mutondo wood (one of Sokosa wood) cut locally on the plain. The maker Ba...
Indigenous folk drum rhythms, with 2 conical drums, 5 laced and closed cylindrical drums with wooden...
The drums are carved out of Mutondo wood (one of Sokosa wood) cut locally on the plain. The maker Ba...
Indigenous folk drum rhythms, with 2 conical drums, 5 laced and closed cylindrical drums with wooden...
The drum was beaten by two men, each with one wooden beater. Each player holds one end-blown pipe an...
A set of two drums. The right-hand one is called tabla and is tuned to the interval of a 5th or 4th....
This drum tune is taken from a song about a simple country lad who wanted to go and work for the Kab...
The drums are weighted with castor oil bean paste. It is removed from the drum head immediately afte...
In this recording the rhythm of the four small goblet drums set against the single bass drum can be ...
The drum leader was not satisfied with the pitch of the drums and stopped playing to adjust the amou...
1 x - 14.52104 -; 4 x - 14.25103 -; 4 x - 14.02101 -. This set of 9 drums was very carefully tuned b...
The drums are weighted with castor oil bean paste. It is removed from the drum head immediately afte...
The whole set of drums should have been conical laced drums of the same shape but varying in pitch. ...
The approximate sizes of the drums were:- Ntamivu, big drum, 25 inches across, 37 inches tall. Naku,...
The clear sound of these drums suggests metal rather than membrane tone. The membranes had been tigh...
The drums are carved out of Mutondo wood (one of Sokosa wood) cut locally on the plain. The maker Ba...
Indigenous folk drum rhythms, with 2 conical drums, 5 laced and closed cylindrical drums with wooden...
The drums are carved out of Mutondo wood (one of Sokosa wood) cut locally on the plain. The maker Ba...
Indigenous folk drum rhythms, with 2 conical drums, 5 laced and closed cylindrical drums with wooden...
The drum was beaten by two men, each with one wooden beater. Each player holds one end-blown pipe an...
A set of two drums. The right-hand one is called tabla and is tuned to the interval of a 5th or 4th....
This drum tune is taken from a song about a simple country lad who wanted to go and work for the Kab...