Lunga
Sound Quality
The lunga drum is melodic as well as rhythmic. Drummers control a
lunga's pitches by squeezing and releasing the cords that run between
its two drumheads. Changes in pressure on the cords affect the tension
on the drumheads and thus the pitch made by a drum stroke. Each lunga
drum has its own exact pitches, depending on the dimensions of its
wooden body and the thickness of its two goatskin heads. For the sound
recordings on this website, Alhaji played drums in three general pitch
categories: large-size with low pitches, medium-size with medium
pitches, and small-size with high pitches.
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