Engineering:Ilu (drum)
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An Ilú or Ilu is the Yoruba name for a type of Brazil ian wooden folk drum, found characteristically in the northern provinces of Pernambuco and Ceará.[citation needed]
It has a cylindrical shape with skins at the top and bottom of it, normally being played with hands.[1] It is mostly used in religious rituals, coming usually in three sizes, curved or flat-shaped. This make these drums sound slightly different from each other, and to allow performers to play on a standing position. They are built on a cross-shaped base.[2]
The same term was earlier used for double-headed barrel-shaped drums, a similar drum from southern Brazil is known as a Tambu.[3]
References
- ↑ ""Iya Ilu ("Mother drum" or Talking drum)"". https://collections.ed.ac.uk/stcecilias/record/95834.
- ↑ Stanley Sadie, The New Grove Dictionary of Musical Instruments Macmillan, 198. 4"Ilu"vol.2, p. 284
- ↑ Gerard Béhague. "Brazil." Grove Music Online. Oxford Music Online. Oxford University Press. . 9 Sep. 2013. <http://www.oxfordmusiconline.com/subscriber/article/grove/music/03894>.
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