Kenkini Drum Beats for Kuku Rhythm

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Summary: A kenkini drum is a smaller African drum. Learn how to play the kenkini part of a kuku rhythm in this free African drum video from a musician.

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Kenkini Drum Beats for Kuku Rhythm

This drum is the kenkini, it's the smaller one on the round drum. So, it's part on kuku goes like this, doe, doe , doe , doe, doe, doe, doe, doe. (Drum playing) That's the kenkini. They call it a kenkini because it's the smaller one. It's kenk, kenk, kenk, kenk, ni. So, let me try to play again, it goes again, doe, doe, doe, doe, doe, doe, doe, doe. (Drum playing) That's the kenkini, the kenkini on kuku keep the beat, like, one, two, three, four. (Drum playing)

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