The Atenteben is a bamboo flute from Ghana. It is played vertically, like the European recorder, and, like the recorder, can be played diatonically as well as chromatically.
The Marimba is a musical instrument in the percussion family. The keys or bars are struck with mallets to produce that unique musical tone.
The Gonje is one string fiddle from northern Ghana. A snakeskin covers a gourd bowl, horsehair is suspended on the bridge, and it played with a bow string also made of horse hair.
The Molo is a two-stringed guitar made up from dried hollow gourd covered by streched goat skin. It is very rythmic and delivers high energy within a musical composition.
The Shaker is made from hollowed out gourd filled with beads to create that unique like rattling noise. It is a very rythmic component element within a musical composition.
The Calabash Is a dried hollow shell of a gourd, used as a used as a bass drum . It is beaten with hands to produce a kick like sound whilst the knuckles producs a snare like sound.
The Jembe is a large single-headed goblet shaped drum, from West Africa, that is beaten with the hands and traditionally carved out of one log and streched with goat skin.
The Conga has a staved wooden shell, or fiberglass shell, and a screw-tensioned drumhead. They are usually played in sets of two to four with the fingers and palms.
