Talk:Talking drum

message: Mid..."articles that are extremely important to the understanding of the subject, such as major instrument classes"...I’m considering  talking drums to be this instrument class, as it incorporates multiple drum types.  For instance,  besides the hourglass drum talked about,  there is also the Ekwe. Also the drum type is used among more than one nation our tribe in the continent of Africa and has thus "has achieved notability in a particular place or area."Jacqke (talk) 11:14, 22 October 2020 (UTC)
thread_title: Assessment

message: I know, I have asked how to do what was my intent - I did not want to upload this, only to link to the wmv file. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Dumarest (talk • contribs) 21:04, 19 February 2006  (UTC)
:Did you mean to post this comment at someone's talkpage instead?SoothingR 06:51, 20 February 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Not really, I was unclear. I am talking about a video file I added, but added incorectly, and it has now been added I hope correctly.--Dumarest 22:10, 21 February 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Video

message: This article is unclear in part. Is a talking drum a dundun, or are those two drums mentioned as more stuff about African drums? And dundun goes to djundjun. The same or what. Confusion. --Dumarest 22:10, 21 February 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: You are absolutely correct. I'll move this page when I get back from work today unless someone can make a strong case for it to stay here. — BrianSmithson 22:56, 6 November 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Done. — BrianSmithson 09:45, 7 November 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Definitions

message: Lots of good information on talking drums if someone has access to JSTOR. — BrianSmithson 09:45, 7 November 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Journals

message: I have a drum exactly like the one in the picture for this article. I also have a friend that grew up as a PK (Preacher's Kid) in missions in Africa.  She calls the drum a "singing drum." The talking drums that she tells me about are totally different. Made of gords or hollowed out wood. She sketched a shape somewhat like an upsidedown capital "T". They were used as a means to communicate between tribes a long distance away. I'm sure that some peoples call this drum a talking drum but before you merge the articles you may want to consider noting somewhere on it that the drum may go by other names such as "singing drum" in other regions. Of course I don't have any really good sources to site... And the name could be subject to translation, but some savvy reasearcher may be able to find something -(that I am not!!) Anyway, just a heads up - do with this info what you will!
Hoola33 10:36, 2 February 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: That's interesting Hoola33. Where exactly in Africa did your friend live? I know that there also exist other drums that have the same function as the "talking drum" in this article, like the Atumpan/Fontomfrom bass drums of the Akan peoples of southern Ghana and Cote d'Ivoire, but they are completely different instruments with a different playing style, and are almost always limited within their particular ethnic groups. In contrast, the general and most varied drum ascribed to transmit messages among the vast majority of the ethnic groups in West Africa is the very drum posted in the article. If your friend knows the name of the drum, perhaps an article already exists for it here. A problem with some users is that they don't research properly on Wiki to see whether an article actually exists before creating a whole new one. That's seemed to have happened with this whole Ntama/Talking drum business.Anak 1 07:04, 16 April 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Cautious

message: There is no explanation of how the talking drums talk eg about the tones and the use of redundant beats to give context and remove ambiguity of meaning. Any comments? Oxford73 (talk) 18:15, 10 May 2011 (UTC)
thread_title: Explanation

message: Dunun are never referred to as a "talking drum" by the Malinke. That term is reserved for the Tama, the hourglass-shaped drum. I am certain that this edit added incorrect information. The article should not refer to dundunba, sangban, and kenkeni as "talking drums"; they aren't. MichiHenning (talk) 23:24, 21 January 2012 (UTC)
thread_title: Dunun are not talking drums

message: That's a nice Tama in the picture, but it's disappointing to see an industrially-made metal stick. It would be much nicer to show an image with a traditional wooden stick. MichiHenning (talk) 02:23, 22 January 2012 (UTC)
thread_title: Image

message: I am planning to heed the call for help in improving the citations in this article......would welcome any help. 
First citation: Manning, Patrick. The African diaspora: a history through culture. New York: Columbia University Press, 2009. 
Second citation: Carrington, John F.. Talking drums of Africa, New York: Negro Universities Press, 1969. Vjosh92 (Vjosh92) 02:06, 8 may 2013 (UTC)
Third citation:Haack, Fred. In the land of the talking drums: a novel of intrigue, adventure and foreign affairs.. S.l.: Trafford On Demand Pub, 2009.
Fourth citation: Tang, Patricia. Rhythmic transformations in Senegalese Sabar. Chicago : University of Illinois Press, 2008. pg 85  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Vjosh92 (talk • contribs) 16:38, 8 May 2013 (UTC)
thread_title: Citations

message: Talking drums were used by Ludwig Goransson (played by Baaba Maal) on the score for Black Panther (2018). I can't remember if they were used on the Black Panther compilation album produced by Kendrick Lamar, but there is a strong chance they were.
(sorry if I'm not following Formatting Rules; this is my first ever edit to Wikipedia)  Mbc8488 (talk) 19:52, 9 October 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  addition to "use in popular music" 

message: I changed the section heading "Drum names" to "Referring to a person by drumming". "Drum names" is not a good section heading (even though that's precisely what it's about) because it only helps readers who already know what it means (and who therefore probably don't need to read it). Readers who don't already know the topic might think it meant "how to choose a name for your drum" or "how to say the word 'drum' in other languages". TooManyFingers (talk) 20:57, 19 August 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Drum names