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The talking drum is an hourglass-shaped drum from West Africa, whose pitch can be regulated to mimic the tone and prosody of human speech. [1][2][3] It has two drumheads connected by leather tension cords, which allow the player to change the pitch of the drum by scraping the cords between their arm and body.
The donno drum is a laced, double-headed hourglass-shaped drum which is hung across the shoulder with a strap. The donno drum belongs to the family of the closed drums. The donno drums are carved out of cedar wood (tweneboa) or the wood of bontodie or nkranku, and have skin membrane at both ends.
The donno is a variable tension drum, meaning that its player can adjust the tension, and the resulting pitch, of the heads while playing. The drum is held between the upper arm and the side of the body and struck with a hooked beater. Pitch can be altered by squeezing the lacing, thus tightening the membranes.
Talking drums 叫对话鼓， 是非洲 最古老的乐器 之一。 Talking drum 成典型的沙漏状， 鼓皮 有双面（通常为羊皮）。 鼓绳均匀而细密地连接两端的鼓面。
2023年11月14日 · The talking drum, also known as the dundun or the dondo, takes this concept to a whole new level. Unlike traditional drums, the talking drum is capable of producing a wide range of tones and pitches, allowing it to mimic the tonal patterns of spoken language.
The Classic Dondo Talking Drum from Africa Heartwood Project is hand-carved in Ghana from solid wood, headed with natural sheep skin, and laced with durable nylon rope. As a quality intermediate level traditional instrument, the Classic Dondo produces a wide range of sounds and is built to last even in classrooms and for performances.
ensemble, the donno drums are sometimes pitched relatively lower than the principal drum - the atumpan. Similarly, the fontomfrom bell - adawura - sounds distinctly lower than the expected pitch of other Akan bells. In ensembles of the Anlo Ewe, it is observed
The Talking Drum (Donno Drum) is used for musical performances and signaling or sending messages. Due to the fact that each tribe has its own language, it was difficult for the tribes to communicate verbally. The drum itself crossed language barriers and served as a common language.
The dondo is an African talking drum from Ghana. Ghanaians use this drum to transmit messages, in the same way that Senegalese use their tama to communicate remotely. The dondo is an hourglass shaped drum placed under the armpit and struck with a stick.
the music I had written for a similar drum called “Donno”, commonly played in Ghana was the key to writing music for ‘talking drums’. He told me my work was extremely important to the salvation of writing African music thereby preventing its loss. He told
