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TALKING DRUM [1 record]

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Record 1 2021-10-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Percussion Instruments
DEF

One of a set of drums, each pitched differently, which are beaten to transmit the words of a message in a tonal language, chiefly in West Africa.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Instruments de musique à percussion
CONT

La particularité du tambour parlant est, bien sûr, le fait qu'il puisse «parler». Il n'articule pas de sons mais peut faire des phrases, par la modification de la vibration par le percussionniste qui va plus ou moins compresser l'instrument afin de moduler le son à sa guise.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Instrumentos de percusión
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