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...

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...

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...

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...

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

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...

Learning to play Djembe....

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...

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...

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

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...

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...

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...

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...

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

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...

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...

folk Occupation(s) Singer songwriter musician Instrument(s) Vocals Guitar Djembe Years active 2005–present Labels Dcypha Productions Website www.samgarrettmusic...

Malinké master drummer from Guinea. Famoudou Konaté is a virtuoso of the djembe drum and its orchestra. One of only a handful of initiated masters of the...

hand drum called djembe, three bass drums called dunun, sangban, and kenkeni as well as the kringni. He is the founder of Dounia Djembe, a Seattle-based...

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

sitar, drums, violin, bass, keyboards, ethnic percussive instruments, solo djembe, harp, uses drum machines for special effects, and sings, although his performances...

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)...

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

They were joined by Northampton native Dominic "Dot" Major (keyboard, djembe, drums) a year later, after he began playing music together with Rothman...

Drums - (Timmy)'s parents (Zach, Sam) are upset that he bought an African djembe drummer (really a weed salesman). Polite War - During the Revolutionary...

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...

Cuba percussion drum Ashiko membranophones 211.251.1 Yoruba percussion djembe Atabaque membranophones 211.221.1 Brazil percussion Baboula membranophones...

Djembé Faré/Misslin) Maya Irafama (2001, Djembé Faré/Trace) Sarefi (2004, Ethnomad/Arion) Massa (2005, Djembé Faré/Nocturne) Talitha (2010, Djembé Faré/Disques...