Hollow percussion instrument mainly used for Amapiano music
"Tongue drum" redirects here. For other uses, see Steel tongue drum.
Bamileke drummers in Cameroon's West Province.
A slit drum or slit gong is a hollow percussion instrument. In spite of its often being called a drum, it is not a true drum because it lacks a drumhead, the membrane stretched across the top of a true drum). It is classed instead as an idiophone in which the entire instrument vibrates, usually carved or constructed from bamboo or wood, in the form of a mostly closed hollow chamber with one or more slits in it. It is played by striking near the edge of the slit. In some designs, the slit is a single straight line; in others, the slit is used to create one or more "tongues", achieved by cutting three sides of a rectangular (or similar) shape and leaving the fourth side attached. Most slit drums have one slit, though two and three slits (often resembling an "H" and thereby forming two tongues) occur. Tongues of different areas or thicknesses will produce different pitches. Slit drums are used throughout Africa, Southeast Asia, and Oceania. In Africa such drums, strategically situated for optimal acoustic transmission (e.g., along a river or valley), have been used for long-distance communication.[1]
The ends of a slit drum are closed so that the shell becomes the resonating chamber for the sound vibrations created when the tongues are struck, usually with a stick or mallet. The resonating chamber increases the volume of the sound produced by the tongue and presents the sound through an open port. If the resonating chamber is the correct size for the pitch being produced by the tongue, which means it has the correct volume of airspace to complete one full sound wave for that particular pitch, the instrument will be more efficient and louder.
The people of Vanuatu cut a large log with "totem" type carvings on the outer surface and hollow out the center leaving only a slit down the front. This hollowed out log gives the deep resonance of drums when hit on the outside with sticks.
A slitdrum or slit gong is a hollow percussion instrument. In spite of its often being called a drum, it is not a true drum because it lacks a drumhead...
A steel tongue drum, tank drum, or hank drum is a round steel slit/tongue drum in the idiophone family originally fashioned from a propane cylinder. A...
two horizontal slits are carved into the base as well as a narrow slit connecting the two. This drum is played using a "naked" wooden drum stick to strike...
phrases; the drum language is understood only to the level of each person's immediate concern. Communication Drum Gong Slitdrum Talking drum Whistled language...
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Ceremonial drums are membranophones and idiophonic slitdrums, which are played in a ritual context cult, religious or ceremonial social occasions by indigenous...
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fala, which is a rolled-up mat beaten with sticks and several types of slitdrum. Traditional Samoan musical instruments included a fala, which is a rolled-up...
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by Lojay featuring Chris Brown contains the signature "log drum", also known as the slitdrum and other amapiano percussive elements. The "Top 50 - Nigeria"...
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– conical drum (Ibaloi) Gambal – war drums Agung a tamlang – bamboo (slitdrum) Agung – large gong suspended from an ornate frame Bungkaka – bamboo buzzer...
(2008). Van Zile (2001), p. 6. McGregor, Neil. "Episode 94: Sudanese SlitDrum (Transcript)". History of the World in 100 Objects. BBC Radio 4/British...
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towering structure, topped with a small pavilion where the kulkul (Balinese slitdrum) is placed. The kulkul would be sounded as an alarm during a village,...
slitdrum used in central Mexico by the Aztecs and related cultures. Teponaztli are made of hollow hardwood logs, often fire-hardened. Like most slit...
the drum connects to an open resonance chamber without membrane. Another type of kettle drum was portable and held under the arm. The horizontal slit-drums...
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