User Manual

99A User’s Guide to Garritan World Instruments
THE PERCUSSION INSTRUMENTS
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Program Description:
Controller
Assignments:
Africa
Ewe Drums
Ewe drums refer to a collection of percussion instruments played by the Ewe people of Ghana, Benin, and
Togo. Ewe drum ensembles typically consist of drums, bells, and rattles. e drums in a Ewe ensemble
come in several dierent sizes and typically have wooden conical bodies and are covered with animal skin.
e Ewe peoples use these instruments for drum dialoging to mimic the tone of spoken language.
Atoke e Atoke is a small banana-shaped metal bell from Ghana.
It is made from forged iron and produces a bell-like tone
when struck with its iron rod beater. It is held in the palm of a
player’s hand while being hit with the rod in the other hand.
• C2 – D3 – various hits
Vel (vol/eq), Var
1, Var 2, Lgth,
FiltLv, FiltFq,
Keyswitches
Axatse e Axatse, from Ghana, is a gourd shaker covered with a net
of small hard objects such as beads or seeds. e dry rattling
sound of the Axatse is produced by striking it lightly on the
thigh and the palm. It is also called Chekere.
• C2 – C3 – various rattles and shakes
Vel (vol/eq), Var
1, Var 2, Lgth,
FiltLv, FiltFq,
Keyswitches
Gankokwe e Gankokwe is a hand-forged iron bell-like instrument
played with a wooden stick. Some Ewe ensembles include two
Gankokwe, one larger than the other. Two dierent Gankok-
we are included in this patch.
• C2 – E3 and A3 - B3 – various hits on the various bells,
open and clasped.
Vel (vol/eq), Var
1, Var 2, Lgth,
FiltLv, FiltFq,
Keyswitches
Kagan e Kagan is part of a traditional Ewe drum ensemble. It is
constructed of a solid carved piece of wood and is approxi-
mately twenty inches tall with a head ve to six inches in
diameter.
• C2 – G2 – various hits and slaps
Vel (vol/eq), Var
1, Var 2, Lgth,
FiltLv, FiltFq,
Keyswitches
Kpanlogo 1 Large e Kpanlogo is a deep-sounding conga-shaped drum from
Ghana. It is headed with antelope skin and tuned by hammer-
ing in pegs. e Kpanlogo is used in rituals and to summon
the town.
♦ C2 – F2 – various hits and slaps
Vel (vol/eq), Var 1,
Var 2, Lgth, FiltLv,
FiltFq, BDFund,
BDFund, Key-
switches