A djembe or jembe (/ˈdʒɛmbeɪ/ JEM-bay; from Malinke jembe [dʲẽbe], N'Ko: ߖߋ߲߰ߓߋ) is a rope-tuned skin-covered goblet drum played with bare hands, originally...

West Asia, North Africa, South Asia, and Eastern Europe. The West African djembe is also a goblet membranophone. This article focuses on the Middle Eastern...

The Djembé d’Or is a music award created in 2000, given formerly only to musicians from Guinea, later expanding to include artists from other African countries...

additional vocals, production, mixing Ozun Usta – djembe, drums, ghatam Tomer Yosef – banjo, darbouka, djembe, percussion Itamar Ziegler – acoustic bass, twelve-string...

improvised tool. Examples of membranophones: Bass drum Bongos Conga Darbuka Djembe Kuzeh Mridangam Octoban Parai Rototom Snare drum Tabla Thavil Timpani Tom-tom...

name for a family of West African drums that have developed alongside the djembe in the Mande drum ensemble. A dunun is a rope-tuned cylindrical drum with...

Learning to play Djembe....

traditional djembe ensemble is most commonly attributed to the Maninka and Maraka: it basically consists of one small dunun (or konkoni) and one djembe soloist...

individually, with the player using a single drum, and some drums such as the djembe are almost always played in this way. Others are normally played in a set...

goatskin is sometimes used, in imitation of the high sound of the popular djembe drum. It is played with the hands, and tuned by ropes. Ashiko drums – or...

Guitar Summit. In addition to the guitar, he also plays the balafon and the djembe. His backup band, since 1992, is called Baffing. He produced a film documentary...

magische Balafon" by Mamadi Kouyaté, Ursula Branscheid-Kouyaté, http://www.djembe-kora.de/mamadi.html Lynne Jessup. The Mandinka Balafon: an Introduction...

outside the Western tradition, such as the "Mali weave" used to tune the djembe. Many percussionists prefer a more dry sound with less ring. There are many...

is characterized by electric guitars and vocals, youyous, bass, drums, djembé and other percussion instruments. When Tamikrest was founded in 2006, the...

traditional West African music incorporates greater use of drums such as the djembe. Contemporary styles of music in West Africa have been influenced by American...

Traore, was the first djembe master to bring the djembe out of Bamana secrecy, igniting its diaspora. The diaspora of the djembe also occurred because...

acoustic folk Occupations Singer songwriter musician Instruments Vocals Guitar Djembe Years active 2005–present Labels Dcypha Productions Website www.samgarrettmusic...

musician and composer Sheck Wes, rapper and professional basketball player. Djembe Gravikord Mande languages Mandingo people of Sierra Leone Mane people N'Ko...

concheras cuatro daegeum damphu darbuka dhol dholak didgeridoo dingulator dizi djembe dotara dranyen drum ektara erhu fiddle fujara gadulka gaida gayageum guan...

ad-jingles, albums, etc.). He plays a variety of percussion instruments like djembe, duff, bongos, and batajon. He is the first artist to have developed a unique...

Guy Pratt – bass guitar (2, 3, 6–9) Adam Betts – percussion (2, 4, 6–9), djembe (3), drums (4) Steve DiStanislao – drums (2) Steve Gadd – drums, percussion...

took to music at an early age, studying piano as a child and guitar and djembe in his teens. During a trip to India, he encountered devotional yoga and...

Gumuchian claims that he was good with rhythm and that he enjoyed playing the djembe, but did not listen to music for recreation until the age of 15. Gumuchian...

regularly included two African musicians, Moussa Sissokho on talking drum and djembe and N'Faly Kouyate on vocals, kora and balafon. Just as the second album...

percussion (2–5, 7, 14), keyboards (2–5), backing vocals (2, 5, 7, 11); djembe drums, Farfisa organ (2); electric guitar (3–14), acoustic guitar (3, 6...

Sharp – acoustic guitar, clarinet, flute, electric guitar, piano, saxophone, djembe, vocals Randy Sharp – acoustic guitar, mandolin, backing vocals, bass harmonica...

"hometown". Akon learned to play five instruments, including drums, guitar and djembe. At age seven, he and his family relocated to Union City, New Jersey, splitting...

ensemble of drummers, often in sets of six kpanlogo drums of varied size. Djembe, Dunun, and Gankogui usually accompany the kpanlogo. Salm, Steven J. (2002)...

luthar, jengu, Shaker) Graham Wiggins (Didgeridoo, melodica) Sagar N'Gom (Djembe, mbala, tama) Ian Campbell (Drum kit) Paddy Le Mercier (violin) 1988: Didgeridoo...

a drummer from the West African nation of Guinea. He specialized in the djembe. He was also the founder of the Tam Tam Mandingue school of drumming. He...