Virtual Instrument Museum

Images

	Brekete Image 1 1000 x 612 780 x 472
	Brekete Image 2 1000 x 612 780 x 472
	Brekete Image 3 1000 x 612 780 x 472

Audio

•Brekete Audio 1
MP3 audio

Video

•Brekete Video 1
Dial-up
Broadband 100 kbs
Broadband 200 kbs
LAN connection

QTVR

•Brekete 360 degrees
400 x 300
800 x 600

Name: Brekete

Geographic Region: Africa

Country of origin: Ghana

Classification: Membranophone

Definition: Two-headed cylindrical drum played with stick and hand

SvH No.: 211.212

Ensembles:

• Ghana: Akan drumming
• Ghana: Dagomba drumming

Related Instruments:

• Luna
• Dundun
• Konkoni

Author: Isaac P. Hirt-Manheimer
           

Brekete Figure 1

Brekete Figure 2

Last Modified: 05-May-2005