Djembe
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A djembe or jembe is a rope-tuned, skin-covered goblet drum played with bare hands from the Sabar family, originally from Senegal that is widely used in West Africa. According to the Bambara people in
Lenke wood djembe from Mali
Les Ballets Africains in Bonn, Germany, 1962
Djembefola DVD cover
Spectrum analysis of a bass. The big hump is the Helmholtz resonance.
Goblet drum
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The goblet drum is a single-head membranophone with a goblet-shaped body. It is most commonly used in the traditional music of North Africa the Middle East and the Balkans. The instrument is also feat
Djembe
…A djembe or jembe ( JEM-bay; from Malinke jembe , N'Ko: ߖߋ߲߰ߓߋ) is a rope-tuned, skin-covered goblet drum played with bare hands from the Sabar family, originally from Senegal that is widely used in West Africa. According to the Bambara people in Mali, the…
Goblet drum 01
Darabukka from Egypt, 1825~35. From Lane 1836, p. 363
Cambodian skor daey, also known as skor arak. This is the smaller of two Cambodian goblet drums, the other being called skor chhaiyam (Khmer: ស្គរឆៃយ៉ាំ).
Egyptian tabla and darabuka