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See a man playing a 'calabash drum'
See a man playing a 'calabash drum'
A calabash drum from Ghana.
Wesleyan Virtual Instrument Museum 2.0 (https://wesomeka.wesleyan.edu/vim2)
See a man playing a 'calabash drum'
Observe a man playing the atumpan, a talking drum of the Asante people of West Africa
Playing the
rebab
, an instrument that elaborates the melody in Javanese gamelan music
Watch a woman playing the hammered dulcimer
Explore the differences between African and Western music and learn how rap can be seen as a fusion of the two
View a demonstration to understand the physics behind the working of an electric guitar
Listen to the discussion about the National Music Museum in Vermillion, South Dakota
Bobby McFerrin
Learn about music instrument making in Markneukirchen, Saxony, Germany
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