Free video about African Djembe Drum. This free video was created for you by http://epsos.de and can be used for free under the creative commons license with the attribution of epSos.de as the original author of this African Djembe Drum video. Thank you for supporting the creative commons movement !! The talking drum is a West African drum whose sound level can be adjusted to mimic the tone and prosody of human speech. Many speech drums have an hourglass body and are covered with two leather straps interconnected skins. The drum is tucked under the arm recorded on a special curved floor. By tensing and releasing of the upper arm, the pitch can be changed via the leather cords. Due to the different pitches, all tonal languages ​​of Ghana will be played on the drum. African Djembe Drum in the form of a cup (about 60 cm in height and diameter of the membrane is about 30 cm), carved from a single piece of wood. The African Djembe Drum pull the skin of a goat. Typically, this drum using a dense wood, such as mahogany. The sound is taken on the African Djembe Drum to be very shrill. The West Africa is vast, extending from the Sahara Desert to the Atlantic Ocean. The musical heritage of the region includes a wide variety of styles of popular music, especially country Senegal, Ghana, Ivory Coast and Nigeria. Also griots, traveling musicians and (praise singers), are found throughout the region, and some musical instruments (such as the kora and some types of drums ) are found in many West African countries. The dyembe or also known as African Djembe Drum, yimbe, sanbanyi or just tam tam is an instrument of percussion. The answer to so many names for the same instrument is due to the linguistic variety ( Mande languages ​​) and phonetic adaptation to foreign languages ​​as well, to a Frenchman I will African Djembe Drum and an English jembe or jenbe. The most widespread adaptation is the African Djembe Drum, because French colonialism in the area, though it is an instrument of origin African. The African Djembe Drum is a percussion instrument belonging to the family of instruments membranophones. It originated in the old Empire Mandinga, roughly between the towns of Bamako ( Mali ) and Kankan ( Guinea ), from here then migrated to Senegal, Ivory Coast and Burkina Faso, forming an integral part of the music and traditions of the area. It is believed that migration was due to Numu, which were (and still are) professional blacksmiths considered guardians of certain powers. They were responsible for making the masks Komo, perform the circumcision and the ablation of adolescents, to mark their passage into adulthood, as well as sculpting and touch yembes. As a result of differences in the way the wood density, internal and skin prints, a wide range of tones that can be issued by the African Djembe Drum. Hitting the skin near the center produces lower notes, hit near the edge produces higher tones. In a well-tuned African Djembe Drum they obtained bass, middle and treble distinct. Traditional, made ​​by craftsmen with wood lengue wood, used iroko and mahogany traditionally although today also woods such as cedar or maple, and skin (usually used goat ) although some musicians also use calfskin for shift some tones, such traditional African Djembe Drums tapers through a system integrates resistant rope climbing rope often high strength in the hoop interlocks. Today the African Djembe Drum is used in different musical areas, from traditional African music to groups of reggae or electronic music. It is considered an extremely versatile instrument and is one of the first membranophones that existed in the world. You can play the African Djembe Drum sitting holding it between his legs tilting slightly forward to allow air outlet, of course keeping your back straight. You can touch foot hanging with ribbons (we must consider the weight of the instrument and the interpretation time) and knocking him to the ground and sat down over some recommended position for the back. Some drummers hold it with a structure that fit the African Djembe Drum to play several different instruments at once. Today, the djembe is used in different musical from traditional African music to groups of reggae and electronic music. He is considered an extremely versatile instrument and one of the first Membranophones that existed in the world. Thank you for supporting the creative commons movement !!

• published: 19 Jun 2015
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