User Manual

98 A User’s Guide to Garritan World Instruments
THE PERCUSSION INSTRUMENTS
ARIA name:
Program Description:
Controller
Assignments:
Africa
Djembe e Djembe is a popular hand drum from West
Africa and literally means “everyone gather
together”. e instrument is shaped like a large
goblet with skin covering the large end. It is
played with bare hands. ere are three main
notes in the Djembe: bass tone (the lowest),
medium tone (a round, full sound), and slap (a
high, sharp sound).
• C2-G2 – various hits with at hand,
palm, edge, slap and mute.
Vel (vol/eq), Var
1, Var 2, Lgth,
FiltLv, FiltFq,
Keyswitches
Dondo A Dondo is a double-headed wooden “talking”
drum with lacings connecting the two heads.
e player hits the heads while squeezing the
lacings, thus creating variations in pitch in
which the drum seems to “talk”.
• C2-D7 – various hits and pitch variations
Vel (vol/eq), Var
1, Var 2, Lgth,
FiltLv, FiltFq,
Keyswitches
Doun Doun
Ba
e Doun Doun Ba is the largest of the doun
doun set of West Africa bass drums. e other
drums in the dun dun set are Kenkeni and
Sangban. e instrument consists of a double-
headed cylindrical drum with cowskin heads
on each end. It is known by various names
throughout West Africa such as Dun-Dun,
Dunun, and Junjun.
• C2-D3 – various hits
Vel (vol/eq), Var 1,
Var 2, Lgth, FiltLv,
FiltFq, BDFund,
Keyswitches