Instruments # Western Africa Total: 191
 

  • Type Tubular drum
  • Origin Mali
  • Ethnicity Bambara
  • Materials Leather, Wood
  • Measures 46×28 cm
  • Dating 1960-1970

No musical instrument has played such an important role in human history as drum. In african black music, drums reach near melodic expression levels. In effect, according to the way of making the bang and the place where it is applied, the resounding pitch of some drums can be modulated until one octave.


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