User Manual
101A User’s Guide to Garritan World Instruments
THE PERCUSSION INSTRUMENTS
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Africa
Gyil e Gyil is a pentatonic mallet instrument
from Ghana. It is made of 14 hardwood keys,
called liga, mounted on a wooden frame. Below
it are hanging gourds and spider web silk that
produce a resonating sound.
• Range: G3–C7
Vel (vol/eq), Var
1, Var 2, Lgth,
FiltLv, FiltFq,
Keyswitches
Ibo e Ibo is a “pot drum” from the Ibo and
Hausa tribes of Nigeria. Ibo is the Nigerian
name for pottery.
• C2-C3 – various hits
Vel (vol/eq), Var
1, Var 2, Lgth,
FiltLv, FiltFq,
Keyswitches
Kalimbas e Kalimba, also called a thumb piano, is an
ancient instrument from Africa. Kalimbas are
made of small springy metal strips attached to
a sounding box made of either gourd or wood.
Kalimbas come in many shapes and sizes.
• Range: C2–C6
Vel (vol/eq), Var
1, Var 2, Lgth,
FiltLv, FiltFq,
Keyswitches
Kenkeni e Kenkeni is a mid-sized West African drum
with double animal skin heads. It the smallest
drum in the Doun Doun set of bass drums.
• C2-D3 – various hits
Vel (vol/eq), Var
1, Var 2, Lgth,
FiltLv, FiltFq,
Keyswitches
Kpoko
Kpoko
e Kpoko Kpoko is a double-ended rattle
instrument from the Ibo tribe of Nigeria. It
produces a unique wood rattling sound.
• C2-A2 – various rattles
Vel (vol/eq), Var
1, Var 2, Lgth,
FiltLv, FiltFq,
Keyswitches
Krin Slit
Drum
e Krin is a slit drum made from a piece
of hollowed tree trunk with slots of dierent
lengths and is played with a stick. e instru-
ment is originally from the forest regions of
Guinea and is used to transmit messages be-
tween villages. Also known as Kolokolos.
• C2-G4 – various hits
Vel (vol/eq), Var
1, Var 2, Lgth,
FiltLv, FiltFq,
Keyswitches