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The Nigerian Talking Drum: An ancient but evergreen musical instrument

Mr Success

Dec 11, 2022

The Nigerian Talking Drum: An ancient but evergreen musical instrument

The pitch of the traditional talking drum from Nigeria can be adjusted to resemble the prosody and tonality of human speech. The drum is structured like

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