Rope-tuned skin-covered goblet drum played with bare hands, originally from West Africa.
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Examples for "jem "
Examples for "jem "
1 JEM pulled out this year accusing the government of attacking its positions.
2 The days were long, Jem was eleven, and the pattern was set:
3 JEM troops have clashed with the army throughout North and South Darfur.
4 JEM has long-term political ambitions that could be satisfied by a deal.
5 The army said JEM was on the move because of internal divisions.
1 Like the Pied Piper of Hamelin, De Jimbe lured curious onlookers to the steps of the National Concert Hall with loud rhythmic beating of drums.
1 John was on his way to travel around Europe with a djembe .
2 Barika tells Amelia about the djembe and gives her a drumming demonstration.
3 African djembe drums upon which the player sits replaced timpani.
4 Flash kissed his teeth and rapped out a sudden irritable tattoo on the djembe .
5 Highlights included djembe drumming and a raffle competition run by Pestana Chelsea Bridge Hotel and Spa.
6 It is made from wooden branches and white canvas with pictures of Jesus, candles, crosses and an African djembe drum.
7 Turn it into a djembe or conga and the different parts of the "skin" respond as you'd expect a real drum to.
8 When I was 16, I started playing the djembe , but as I began playing it, it sounded like I had been playing for years.
9 By the time he'd dismounted, the horse had become a djembe drum, and his outfit was a red dashiki, white jeans, and leather sandals.
10 Two rows of about 20 men and women between the ages of 24 and 50 harmonise backed by a djembe , a skin-covered drum.
11 Then, suddenly, African djembes began to dominate, as they do today.
12 We sent self-diagnosed rhythm-phobe Anthonie Tonnon to see the Ted X show and learn to jam on the Djembe with John and Lucie.
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