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The talking drum is an hourglass-shaped drum from West Africa, whose pitch can be regulated to mimic the tone and prosody of human speech. It has two drumheads connected by leather tension cords, which allow the player to modulate the pitch of the drum by squeezing the cords between their arm and body. A skilled player is able to play whole phrases. Most talking drums sound like a human humming depending on the way they are played

Talking Drums of Africa book. A rhythmic interpretation of how African drums are made, how they. Journeys to Africa in the early and middle 1970s resulted not only in Made in West Africa but also in Talking Drums of Africa (1973) and its eompaniun volume, Dinning Masks of Africa (1975), both illustrated with her own vigorous linocuts.

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