Instruments Flashcards
1
Q
Intruments
A
Voices (solo and chorus)
Balafons (treble and bass)
Drums (djembe, dundun, donno)
Gonggong
2
Q
Balafons
A
Xylophone with wooden keys tuned to different pitches
Free rhythms/improvisation
Treble and bass sometimes play octaves apart
3
Q
Djembe
A
Drum
Long
Traditional
Played with hands
4
Q
Talking drums
A
Dundun and donno Held in the arms Played with a hooked stick Pitch is altered by pulling on chords Used to imitate speech by creating different slides and pitches
5
Q
Gonggong
A
A bell used often to signal beginnings and ends
Used here at the end
