Tama Drums

Tama Drums (Japanese: 多満 (kanji); タマ (kana)) is a brand of drums and drum parts made and sold by Hoshino Gakki. The design, testing, and production of high-quality drums are done in Seto, Japan. Hardware and less expensive drums are made in Guangzhou, China.

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Xalam

The xalam is a traditional stringed instrument from West Africa. It has between 1 and 5 strings. The xalam is often played in Mali, Gambia, Senegal, Niger, northern Nigeria, northern Ghana, Burkina Faso, Mauritania, and Western Sahara.

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Akonting

The akonting (pronounced [ə’kɔntiŋ], or ekonting in French spelling) is a traditional string instrument played by the Jola people in West Africa, including Senegal, Gambia, and Guinea-Bissau. It has a body made from a gourd covered with animal skin, two long strings used for playing melodies, and one short string that creates a steady background sound, similar to the short “thumb string” on a five-string banjo. According to Jola oral traditions, the akonting was first made in the village of Kanjanka in Lower Casamance, Senegal, near the Casamance River.

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Sintir

The sintir (Arabic: سنتير), also called the guembri (الكمبري), gimbri, or hejhouj in the Hausa language, is a three-stringed, skin-covered bass plucked lute used by the Gnawa people of Morocco. It is about the same size as a guitar, with a body carved from a single log and covered on the playing side with camel skin. The camel skin works like the membrane on a banjo to help produce sound.

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Sintir

The sintir (Arabic: سنتير), also called the guembri (الكمبري), gimbri, or hejhouj in the Hausa language, is a three-stringed, skin-covered bass plucked lute used by the Gnawa people of Morocco. It is about the same size as a guitar, with a body made from a carved log and covered on the playing side with camel skin. The camel skin works like the membrane on a banjo to help create sound.

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Sintir

The sintir, also called the guembri or gimbri, is a three-stringed instrument with a skin-covered body used by the Gnawa people of Morocco. It is about the same size as a guitar, with a body carved from a single piece of wood and covered on one side with camel skin. The camel skin helps create sound, similar to how the membrane on a banjo works.

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Imzad

The imzad (Arabic: إمزاد; also called amzad) is a bowed instrument with one string used by the Tuareg people in Africa. The body of the imzad is made from a gourd covered with animal skin, which forms a flat surface that helps produce sound. The string is made of horse hair and is attached near the neck of the instrument.

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Guri, Hormozgan

Guri (Persian: گوري), also written in the Latin alphabet as Gūrī and Goori, is also called Gūreh and Gūrmī. It is a village located in the Dulab Rural District, Shahab District, Qeshm County, Hormozgan Province, Iran. In 2006, the census reported 726 people living in 151 families.

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Goje

The goje, which is the Hausa name for the instrument, is one of several names for a type of one-stringed fiddle found in West Africa. It is played by groups such as the Yoruba in Sakara music and by West African communities living in the Sahel region. A gourd bowl is covered with snakeskin or lizard skin, and a horsehair string is stretched over a bridge.

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Molo

• Molo (ethnic group) • Molo of Rhodes, teacher in speaking and writing for Cicero and Julius Caesar • Molo (satrap of Media) (died 220 BC), general and satrap under Seleucid king Antiochus the Great • Molo (footballer) (born 1985), actual name Manuel Jesús Casas García, Spanish footballer known as Molo • Francis Molo (born 1994), New Zealand-Australian Rugby League player

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