Talking_drum
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The talking drum is an hourglass-shaped drum from West Africa, which can be used as a form of speech surrogacy by regulating its pitch and rhythm to mimic the tone and prosody of human speech. It has two drumheads connected by leather tension cords. It is often played while being held under the arm. The player can change the pitch of the drum by tightening and loosening the cords between their arm
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| Percussion instrument | |
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| Other names | Dondo, Odondo, Tamanin, Luca Cappacio, Lunna, Donno, Kalangu, Dan karbi, Igba, Doodo, Tama, Tamma, Gangan |
| Classification | Percussion |
| Hornbostel–Sachs classification | 211.242.11 (Individual double-skin hourglass-shaped drums, one skin used for playing) |
| Developed | Antiquity |
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- Drums
- African drums
- Serer culture
- Serer history
- Culture of Mali
- Culture of Niger
- Culture of Nigeria
- Culture of Senegal
- Music of West Africa
- Culture of the Gambia
- Hausa musical instruments
- Yoruba musical instruments
- Ivorian musical instruments
- Ghanaian musical instruments
- Speech-surrogate instruments
- Senegalese musical instruments
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