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...

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...

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...

Learning to play Djembe...

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...

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...

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...

Drissa Kone (born 1960) is a djembe master drummer from Mali. Drissa Kone was born in 1960 in a village named Kourouba, around 100 km (62 mi) south of...

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...

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...

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

theory. He has said that he was good with rhythm and enjoyed playing the djembe, but did not listen to music for fun until the age of 15. In 2019, he received...

and also released several solo albums. Bhikha sometimes performs with a djembe or daf and several backup vocalists who were the African singers in the...

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...

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

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...

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...

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...

 109–125. Winterhawk, Nomad (1997). "Black Indians want a place in history". Djembe Magazine. Archived from the original on July 14, 2009. Retrieved May 29...

the oud and hand percussion instruments, particularly the goblet drum and djembe. Naser was considered by critics to be a master in his field; Randy Lewis...

djembe, a large, single-headed drum with a goblet shape. The Ashiko is another African drum in the shape of a truncated cone. Similar to the Djembe it...

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

Electric guitar, acoustic guitar, electric bass (with Dispatch), trombone, djembe, harmonica, piano Years active 1994–present Website chadwickstokes.com...

some groups using a set of three or four drums and some more drums like djembe or other small Jola drums. They are normally played with only the hands...

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

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

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American singer and percussionist, primarily focusing on drums, conga and djembe, throughout his musical career. He is best known as a supporting vocalist...