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  2. Tswana music - Wikipedia

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    Nokukwane- This bow was obtained by the Korana people and the Tswana people are the only Bantu people who use it. The bow is simple however, its arc is more pronounced that the other bows. [5] Other musical instruments: The Tswana drum (moropa), antelope horn (lepapata), and leg rattles (mathlo) are most often used during group dancing.

  3. Tswana people - Wikipedia

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    Tswana folk music has instruments such as Setinkane (a Botswana version of miniature piano), Segankure/Segaba (a Botswana version of the Chinese instrument Erhu), Moropa (Meropa -plural) (a Botswana version of the many varieties of drums), and phala (a Botswana version of a whistle used mostly during celebrations, which comes in a variety of ...

  4. List of percussion instruments - Wikipedia

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    Three kinds: a barrel drum, an hourglass drum and a goblet drum. Not pitched but tone can be changed with wax on drumhead Timbal: Brazil Unpitched 211.251.1 Membranophone Timbales: Cuba Unpitched 211.212.2 Membranophone Timpani: Pitched 211.11-922 Membranophone Also called kettle drums Tingsha: Tibet Unpitched 111.142 Idiophone Tom-tom drum ...

  5. List of drum manufacturers - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of some drum makers, individuals and companies known for making drums and accessories, such as drum sticks.It includes defunct companies, and companies who additionally make instruments other than drums, and manufacturers of cymbals, which are a common component of drum sets.

  6. Sub-Saharan African music traditions - Wikipedia

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    Gungon – Bass snare drum of the Lunsi ensemble. Of northern origin, it is played throughout Ghana by various groups, known by southern groups as brekete. Related to the Dunun drums of other West African peoples. Gyil – large resonant Xylophones, related to the Balafon. Mbira – small pentatonic thumb piano. Koloko – Varieties of Sahelian ...

  7. Friction drum - Wikipedia

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    A friction drum is a musical instrument found in various forms in Africa, Asia, Europe and South America. In Europe it emerged in the 16th century and was associated with specific religious and ceremonial occasions.

  8. Tom drum - Wikipedia

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    A floor tom is a double-skin drum, most often but not always as deep as its diameter, traditionally mounted on three legs and to the drummer's right for a right-handed drummer. It is normally the deepest-toned drum played by sticks in the kit, above the bass drum but below all others, and the most resonant, more so than even the bass drum.

  9. Mhande - Wikipedia

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    One drummer plays the "call" rhythm on the Shauro drum, while the other responds with the "response" rhythm on the Tsinhiro drum. Within traditional Shona indigenous belief systems, music in ceremonial settings is thought to create an environment that facilitates trance ( vanonyaunyawa ), allowing individuals to be possessed by ancestral ...