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djembe (/'ÊÉmbÉ, 'ÊÉmbeÉª/) The djembe is the goblet shaped drum from West Africa. Abdoul Doumbia, a Djembefola from Sgou in Mali explains that the word 'jembe' comes from two Bambara words, 'Din' which means unity and 'Bin' that signifies harmony. Variations on the spelling of djembe include jembe, dynbe, djimbe, guiembe, jimbe and yembe.
The three basic sounds that can be produced with a djembe are bass, tone, and slap. Other tones can be produced using a combination of these, but these are the three building blocks. Bass is the lowest of the three notes and is produced by hitting the center of the drum.