Gudugudu

'''Gudugudu''' is a traditional drum used by the Yoruba ethnic group of Nigeria. The gudugudu is a time keeping drum for the dundun family of drums that are said to mimic speech. It is designed to produce a sharp and loud beat that all the other drummers can hear and keep in time with. The gudugudu player, in turn, takes his cues from the master drummer who plays a large talking drum, or dun-dun. It can be seen and experienced in modern sekere, fuji, apala and possibly juju cultural performances.

==Design== The gudugudu drum is shaped like a bowl. It is round, small, and has a single animal skin drum head. The gudugudu is played with two thin and semi-flexible dried rolled sticks or "lashes" made of cow skin (in its dried form commonly called "rawhide").

==See also== Music of Nigeria

==References== *{{cite web |url= http://www.african-counter.com/music/music-instruments/gudugudu-niger| title= African Counter| date= 26 September 2011| publisher= 3E Web Media}} *{{cite web |url= http://www.lagbaja.com/drums/dundun.php| title= Drums| date= 26 September 2011| publisher= Motherlan' Music Lagos}} *{{cite web| url= http://www.motherlandmusic.com/test/images/nigeria/drums/gudugudu.jpg| title= MotherLand Music| date= 26 September 2011| publisher= MotherLand Music| access-date= 27 September 2011| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20160304040842/http://www.motherlandmusic.com/test/images/nigeria/drums/gudugudu.jpg| archive-date= 4 March 2016| url-status= dead}}

==External links== *[http://www.african-counter.com/music/music-instruments/gudugudu-niger/ Gudugudu drum in a musical excerpt from the album "West Africa: Drum Chant & Instrumental Music"] *[https://web.archive.org/web/20160304040842/http://www.motherlandmusic.com/test/images/nigeria/drums/gudugudu.jpg Picture of a gudugudu drum]

Category:Yoruba musical instruments Category:African drums Category:Nigerian musical instruments