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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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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