https://padlet.com/melindasanbuenaventura/j204tn8gpen3ppin Melinda Myka T. San Buenaventura en-us 2021-10-20 04:58:10 UTC 2025-03-02 20:26:42 UTC hello@padlet.com melindasanbuenaventura https://padlet.com/melindasanbuenaventura/j204tn8gpen3ppin/wish/1829405146 A djembe or jembe is a rope-tuned skin-covered goblet drum played with bare hands, originally from West Africa. According to the Bambara people in Mali, the name of the djembe comes from the saying "Anke djé, anke bé" which translates to "everyone gather together in peace" and defines the drum's purpose.]]> 2021-10-20 05:12:28 UTC https://padlet.com/melindasanbuenaventura/j204tn8gpen3ppin/wish/1829405146 melindasanbuenaventura https://padlet.com/melindasanbuenaventura/j204tn8gpen3ppin/wish/1829408229 Mbira are a family of musical instruments, traditional to the Shona people of Zimbabwe. They consist of a wooden board with attached staggered metal tines, played by holding the instrument in the hands and plucking the tines with the thumbs, the right forefinger, and sometimes the left forefinger.]]> 2021-10-20 05:14:20 UTC https://padlet.com/melindasanbuenaventura/j204tn8gpen3ppin/wish/1829408229 melindasanbuenaventura https://padlet.com/melindasanbuenaventura/j204tn8gpen3ppin/wish/1829412096 A lute is any plucked string instrument with a neck and a deep round back enclosing a hollow cavity, usually with a sound hole or opening in the body.]]> 2021-10-20 05:16:55 UTC https://padlet.com/melindasanbuenaventura/j204tn8gpen3ppin/wish/1829412096 melindasanbuenaventura https://padlet.com/melindasanbuenaventura/j204tn8gpen3ppin/wish/1829416305 Ivory tusks are actually massive teeth that protrude well beyond the mouths of elephants. Like our own teeth—and those of many mammals—these tusks are deeply rooted. Much of the tusk is made up of dentine, a hard, dense, bony tissue.

]]> 2021-10-20 05:19:30 UTC https://padlet.com/melindasanbuenaventura/j204tn8gpen3ppin/wish/1829416305 melindasanbuenaventura https://padlet.com/melindasanbuenaventura/j204tn8gpen3ppin/wish/1829422174 Balafon is a gourd-resonated xylophone, a type of struck idiophone.]]> 2021-10-20 05:23:04 UTC https://padlet.com/melindasanbuenaventura/j204tn8gpen3ppin/wish/1829422174 melindasanbuenaventura https://padlet.com/melindasanbuenaventura/j204tn8gpen3ppin/wish/1829430246 Dùndún is also known as “talking drum” because players can match the pitch and rhythm of speech patterns on it. A new study reveals just how closely dùndún players match vocal patterns on their instrument.]]> 2021-10-20 05:28:39 UTC https://padlet.com/melindasanbuenaventura/j204tn8gpen3ppin/wish/1829430246 melindasanbuenaventura https://padlet.com/melindasanbuenaventura/j204tn8gpen3ppin/wish/1829432124 The kora is a stringed instrument used extensively in West Africa. A kora typically has 21 strings, which are played by plucking with the fingers. It combines features of the lute and harp.]]> 2021-10-20 05:29:57 UTC https://padlet.com/melindasanbuenaventura/j204tn8gpen3ppin/wish/1829432124 melindasanbuenaventura https://padlet.com/melindasanbuenaventura/j204tn8gpen3ppin/wish/1829437392 The kundi is the five-string harp of the Azande and related people of Central Africa. It is an instrument traditionally played by young men and boys.]]> 2021-10-20 05:32:37 UTC https://padlet.com/melindasanbuenaventura/j204tn8gpen3ppin/wish/1829437392