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Wooden Tongue Drum

involved — Thu, 24 Dec 2009 04:20:40 +0000

From the oldest family of music instruments, the tongue drum is a simple instrument with an amazing sound. Technically, it’s not a drum, as there is no vibrating membrane. It is instead classified as an idiophone (though somehow the word isn’t in the dictionary), as the tongue drum makes its sound through the vibration of the body when struck by mallets or played by hand.

For thousands of years, tongue drums were made to have just one or two slits and more closely represent what is now called the slit drum. These days, tongue drums are typically made to have anywhere from 4 to 16 notes, and usually have their own unique tuning.

After watching this video, Click Here to see another unusual percussion instrument.

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African Hand Drums Djembe and Kpalongo

involved — Sun, 13 Dec 2009 07:15:32 +0000

In this video, the djembe plays aside the kpalongo hand drum from Ghana.

After the video, check out this other djembe.

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Djembe African hand drum solo

involved — Sat, 12 Dec 2009 06:35:49 +0000

Every good djembe sounds a bit different than any other, it is this unique quality that makes the djembe great. I like the deep bass sound that comes with this djembe, check it out.

After the video, click here to see a djembe drum circle.

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