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African Instruments: Drums And Beats
African drum music is one of the most vital, energetic and moving types of music and percussion, in the 21st century. We can hear its impact, not just in alternative and world music, but also in modern mainstream music genres like hip hop, pop and dance.
And why wouldn’t it still be popular? African drum music isn’t only a pleasure to your ears, it seems to plug directly into your spine via your gut and just makes you want to move. It’s no wonder, when you take a moment to consider that African drumming was originally used as a type of communication as well as playing an integral role in African lives. It could embody a whole spectrum of human emotion, which made it appropriate to be part of each ceremony and celebration.
Unfortunately, the power of African drumming music was recognized by early slavers, both as symbolism and a way of communicating, and automatically banned the use or possession of drums in slave camps. Thanks to the determined spirits and perspicacity of the African people, this type of expression continued—they just resorted to tapping out a beat on their chest, arms, thighs, and other surfaces available to keep the music alive.
The variety of cadence and sound that has grown from African drum music is matched only by the diversity of the African percussion instruments that have made their way around the world.
Djembe Rhythms & Drumming
Extremely adaptable, the djembe drum is among the most well-known African percussion instruments. A skilled djembefola (djembe master) can provide such a variety of djembe beats on one drum as to keep an entire room of dancers busy.
Usually, a player spends many years learning from a djembe master before becoming a djembefola on their own, as each djembe technique is quite a talent.
Kpanlogo Drums
Also known as a ceremonial drum, the kpanlogo was originated from the Greater Accra Region in West Africa. As a result of its outstanding ability to produce sounds that carry over long distances, kpanlogo drum music rhythms were regularly used as a way to communicate between tribes and family groups.
African Talking Drums
Distinctive with their hourglass shape, African Talking Drums are constructed from wood and rawhide, with the rawhide covering both ends. Most often, African Talking Drums are played with a stick on one side and with the hand and fingers on the other. As the name suggests, they were also commonly used in communication.
African Bongos
Now here’s a drum that we’ve all heard of! Widely used in Cuban drum music – and dance music throughout the world - it’s believed that the African bongo became popular to Cubans because of the slave trade. This kind of drum creates a beat with a fairly high pitch and is usually quite squat.
Dun Dun Drums
Dun Dun drums, which are also identified as dundun drums and dun dun duuun, are believed to originate from the Malinke area of Mali. The three sizes of Dun Duns, from smallest to largest, are Kenkeni, Sangban and Dununba. They can be played strapped together in groups of two or three, or separately.
Ngoma Drums
To certain groups of people in Uganda, Ngoma drums have a meaningful association as ceremonial instruments. Clearly describing what is or is not an ngoma drum is a little difficult, because the word ‘ngoma’ is Swahili for ‘drums’. The name is most often used for an group of 6 or 7 drums of different sizes connected together and drummed as a group.
Itotele
The Itotele is a mid-sized, goblet-shaped drum that has turned out to be rather well-known in Cuba. To create a duller sound, sometimes a waxy material is used on the drumhead.
As can be seen from the variety of African percussion instruments that we’ve mentioned – and the dozens more that we haven’t mentioned – African drum music is diverse and is a fantastic style of artistic expression. It’s a joy to create, and a joy to listen to!
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