How to Change the Tone of the Djembe Drum: Part 2

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Hello! My name is Aaron Moon and I’m here on behalf of expertvillage.com and today I’m going to be explaining a few ways to manipulate some of the sound you can get out of the hand drum the Djembe. First I’d like to explain how to change the pitch of the sound you’re getting from the Djembe just by applying pressure to the middle of the drumhead. Now you can do this in a variety of ways I’ll start with just one finger on the center of the drum, now as I hit the drum plainly it produced a constant sound as I put my fingertip in the center of the drum and don’t apply any pressure it just makes that pitch a little muffled and maybe a little bit higher but as I apply pressure and release that pressure the pitch goes up and then it comes back down as the pressure lessens. Now you can do this with a knuckle as well which produces the same varied pitch if you want to apply more pressure an alternative would be to use your elbow and I’m wearing a sweater so that’s going to give a different pitch than if I had bare skin or a short sleeve shirt. And as I come out it returns to normal, you can apply the pressure and get a constant pitch or you can use it as an effect, you it can have…and that’s just applying pressure heavily and releasing multiple times. So that’s one way to manipulate the sound you’re getting from the Djembe.

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