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is traditionally made from calfskin. A system of ropes are intertwined around the body, connecting a metal ring near the base to the head. Because of this tuning mechanism the drum is sometimes known as 'Atabaque de Corda'. Wooden wedges are jammed between this ring and the body and a hammer is used
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In Africa, cord-and-peg tension atabaques had a distribution area roughly congruent with the iron double bell (Agogo). This included the Guinea Coast from the Niger River and west to Benin, Togo, and Ghana. Beyond West Africa, cord-and-peg tension drums appeared in Bahia, Suriname, St. Domingue,
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The atabaque has several distinct parts. Some of these are the couro de boi (oxhide), the corda (rope) and the aro (hoop), forming where together the corda de aro (rope hoop). The acunhas are the Wedges, and the suporte is the atabaque stand.
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Almeida, B. Capoeira: A Brazilian Art Form: History, Philosophy, and Practice.(1993)
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to tighten or loosen the ropes, raising or lowering the pitch of the drum.
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Taylor, G. Capoeira: The Jogo de Angola from Luanda to Cyberspace (2005)
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Cuba, and the southern states of America. These drums traveled with the
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/ˌætəˈbæki/
AT-ə-BAK-ee
US
/ˌɑːtəˈbɑːki/
AH-tə-BAH-kee
[ataˈbaki]
hand drum
conga
Jacaranda
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head
Ewe
Fon

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