What Is a Log Drum? | African Drums

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Man 1: This is an overview of the Log Drum or sometimes called the Krin. This instrument is played with three people, each person has their own. And this comes from the forest region of Guinea West Africa where Bamba's from.
Bemba: Yeah man.
Man 1: It's made out of white wood that's called the Malina wood. And they're hollowed out by hand and each slat is tuned to a different note. So mines sounds different than Bemba's, sounds different than Hasan's. See this one?
Hey. I'll get it. I'll keep practicing. And each one has a different tone and they fit together to make the melody, just like any drums. Congas or Djembes or Dununs there's a set of three and the music is made like that usually they have one soloist which is obviously is Bemba. You can hear these were made to played outside, as they carry a far, far distance.
And this is the overview of the Log drum.

[@BoxPossum96]

I love how the guy with the high note log does a few taps to demonstrate, then his bro with the middle log just goes into a full on emmy award winning solo.

[@F0nkyNinja]

yeah bit obnoxious

[@cursedalien]

I'm here because I decided to try to find recordings of every musical instrument known to humanity.

[@ChillCash]

Same here lol except it is impossible to collect them all considering many of them weren't able to be recorded! I've learned a whole lot about instruments in the process.

[@nedbrownlow6059]

I recorded on one tonight. Or two I guess. My friend who does a lot of score work just got one, and I brought mine over to record with bunch of other wood and metal. The tones of the log drums/slit gongs work together, but I didn't realize how the bed should work. Never seen/heard it played proper in an ensemble until this clip .

[@nedbrownlow6059]

also, if you can find a set of authentic boobams, let me know! You can make your own tube drums, but there's like one or two sets of giant bamboo marimbas out there. I think they're both buried in LA studio drum rooms, but it sure would be nice to have one!

[@ZeranZeran]

Check out ancient Aztec instruments. The whistles and drums are blowing my mind today

[@SonicScholar]

Haha nice!

[@SpacetimePilgim]

This is the only Howcast video that doesn't feel like a complete waste of time.

[@OthO67]

Well, not the only..

[@unap16]

The combined rhythm really gets you going. Also, Bemba's smile is infectious!

[@akshaypandey2396]

Bemba's smile makes me smile 🙂

[@visheshl]

I always wondered about the log drums presets in keyboards and synthesisers, now i finally got to see what it is, thanks :)

[@ZeranZeran]

Heard this sound in so many movies and games and always wondered how. This is beautiful!

[@leonardgarthbrooks]

Awesome. So great to see/hear Michael and Bemba again

[@miss6802]

I'm so impressed that i couldn't even stop smiling, and just by looking at their faces, i can truly say that they're enjoying it so much...❤️

[@KalaniMusic]

Awesome music guys. Love the Krin!

[@mr.koolkarni4357]

Absolutely brilliant..i have to say the inventors of this instrument in Africa are nothing but genius..its simple yet amazing..!!

[@PITTSBURGH06]

Kedar Kulkarni THATS BECAUSE WE BLACK PEOPLE ARE THE ORIGINAL MAN!!

[@isaiahbeiter3817]

Those things sound so cool!

[@trivedijv]

Mbemba what a happy man, god bless. Enjoyed the long drums. Thanks.

[@ginosogoretic2276]

wow together they harmonize so well

[@sebastiankuhnert3639]

Well done. I especially like the positive energy in this video.

[@marianalmgren4348]

THANK YOU!!! I used your video to introduce my 2nd and 3rd Grade classes to the Ekwe. The students really enjoyed your playing.

[@jordanolsen1880]

Music is math! And that's what I call a logarithm.

[@MrLuigge]

Hahaha good joke bro 😂

[@arlrmr7607]

Perfect observation. 😀😁😂

[@davidmcaninch4714]

Jordan Olsen I don’t get it.

[@exxumma]

good one,,,im stealing,,,

[@Brothervince]

Man this is sooo good i can listen to it all day

[@ljbobb1]

reminds me of rain on a metal roof, just sweet & relaxing & happy

[@wifinamehere8491]

I’m here cause I heard this is where the infamous South African genre Amapiano gathers its inspiration from.

[@thorfinnoars1443]

I just listened to amapiano and o never realized I've been listening to it almost my whole life 😂 I just never new what it was called

[@alexthebigcharm5068]

Me too

[@lorettamcintyre3159]

Loved the music!!!

[@merk1003]

I love that sound.... beautiful 👍

[@kimia346]

I love all howcast videos❤

[@Ch1mereucheya]

Did not originate from Guinea solely. We share a common ancestry and in Nigeria here (Igbo land), we have used this for many generations. We carve it out from a tree called "IROKO" and using the "Iroko" tree as the source wood gives it the resonance you hear and the differentiating pitches also come from using different parts of the wood, the way it's cut, and how it's dried and the finishing too. We use this in traditional rituals and dance festivals like "Nmanwu", "Ekpe", "Okonko", and many other Igbo traditional rites.

[@RikthDcruze]

i am bloody amazed!!!

[@abetganteng]

We have a similar instrument like this in Indonesia, especially in Jember Region. It called patrol music. It played in a larger ansamble than this.

[@ras-lumumbacorriette7052]

I like the Log Drums it reminds me of the Kata Bamboo drum from Cuba. In addition it sound great, moreover where can I purchase one. Thank you guys

[@jairofonseca1597]

Great groove.

[@djpaulcfunkeddub3951]

Love it. Learned something new today. Sounds great. Inspired!

[@Clarkd87]

This just makes me so happy.

[@hyharmon]

This instrument is found in several West African Countries, including Liberia, where it's called the slique drum. Most instruments found in one African country may be common in several others. I've played on this instrument and more. We must remember, custom and tradition is not mostly restricted in Africa.

[@bec7080]

I'm here because I got to play this today and it was so beautiful

[@ran63channel71]

Asyik musik seni tradisionalnya perpaduan yg sangat akur bang 👍👍👍🙏🏻🙏🏻

[@galaxyghod1561]

Africa my continent, my refuge, my home,my own.Africa THE RISING SUN,the land where hills and valleys rejuvenate the memories of old.Africa here I come

[@kondalrao414]

Very very nice music god bless you

[@Skitad]

Too cool thank you !

[@okwaraonyekachi1527]

Wonderful

[@maakeklein4073]

Wow this is identical to the Cook island Drums.Even the riddim de same!

[@alfiyashajahan5170]

I Like the Sound

[@DEETAAMITHRA]

Superb mapla

[@ivalemfana]

Changed South Africa forever

[@surenderkumar-zd6mq]

Very nice music

[@PlanetJeanette]

Love it! And then I have a question, what tools do you use to hollow out the log, and how do you prepare the raw wood when done? Finish with oil, wax or soething else? Thank you!

[@fabieng6864]

Awesome guys 😊🥰😇😇

[@kierenmoore3236]

Cool. :) Also, this made me want to listen to Low Rider by War ...

[@kevinsanchez8110]

Reminds me of SOUND DROP!

[@jeroenfigee]

#FUNFACT There is a synthesizer that was released in the early 80s called the Yamaha DX7. One of the most famous patches on there was called : LOG DRUM :-) . Loved this video! I knew of the log-drum but did not know what it sounded like or how it was played. Cool demonstration! . Thumbs up + subscribed.

[@laserduchamp8071]

nice sound guys : )

[@brajabandhusahu7370]

I m from odisha state India great combination the great performance

[@RivLoveshine]

This reminds me of the Aztec teponaztli, a type of log drum.

[@hyharmon]

In Liberia, West Africa, it called the Slique Drum

[@akannihumphrey3678]

hey yall. another great video by my dads number 1 student Hasan. AKA (Grass Hopper)

[@MegansReal.Estate]

That guy in the middle is me 😂

[@leafster9273]

You look like a girl that was in my English class named Murillo

[@josefadul550]

No! That"s Joe Roxas.

[@catherinemaurer7783]

Megan Morillo No that’s Mbmemba

[@md.moinulislam9467]

MASHAALLAH khub valo video.

[@thabangselepe7768]

If you here because you are an amapiano fan

[@alexthebigcharm5068]

Yeah I'm also an amapiano fan

[@shivammaurya9200]

Love from India

[@doyourbest5041]

they are having too much fun

[@mosacanite4533]

We Pacific Islanders also use log drums, but ours are longer and only have one hole

[@pitaalfereti58]

Yeah! Fijians call it Lali, We Samoans call it Pate.

[@isaacguzman9134]

In Mexico we have a musical instrument like that. Its name teponaztle or teponaztli.

[@treygreen5015]

Is it Aztec? The name sounds like it.

[@isaacguzman9134]

@@treygreen5015 yes is Aztec

[@anthonybarks3518]

Look how happy M’bemba is to be here.

[@rumbidzaichidume6243]

ummm so awesome

[@Pjilgurl]

It's not just exclusive to Guinea....many west African countries have this

[@IdiHaps]

In Indonesia, that thing Called "Kentongan". Its already exist a long long time ago. People use it for Alarm when disaster happen, or maybe a thief

[@josephlama4097]

Different tuning it's like the Cook Islands drum

[@josephlama4097]

Coolest best yet

[@omggiiirl2077]

I was thing the same thing.

[@SepticXable]

...made from matai wood...

[@telaviv8969]

In my country it called kentongan

[@iAmCoded]

Here because of Amapiano

[@kenndajustice8040]

Cool

[@amateursingerforfun2161]

What about the burundian royal drums??

[@johnnybgoode1199]

in malaysia we called this kerantung..use for adzan calling of prayer for muslim..before adzan we hit the kerantung/ log drum

[@protovack]

where do I get one of these specific log drums?

[@nadiaedison1346]

nice

[@HousemusicHeaven]

woww

[@lifeisbeautifuleveryday6817]

Always room to find creativity

[@SpookyInc]

Beautiful

[@user-nl9yv2th1s]

good

[@niwacompaq124]

quite similar to the Cook Islands

[@eef1271]

If bemba is happi I'm happi :3

[@poethical]

Yeah!!!!!!

[@percussionquintet]

Who sells these sets of 3 log drums?

[@OthO67]

Hey Mun! Praise to the Ganga Bush.

[@neliekas]

Shcool stuf

[@sasquatchdonut2674]

Teponaztli vs. African log drum... which is better?

[@kijekuyo9494]

It's settled, I want a krin!

[@manjisenshi2652]

is like the teponaztli or teponaxtle

[@laffikdcaps]

siema!

[@kalyanibarik3208]

O wow

[@tefloneibeat3076]

If children do this its called silly playing. But if adult does its called Talent

[@Itscraft3506]

If i don't have a log drum, or the money to buy one, what can i use to make the same sound?

[@nikhil4695]

Wooooooow

[@Rangeelorajasthaan]

Osm

[@TwoMorningPoops]

Sounds like the drummers in the NYC subway who play drums on buckets

[@traciking1473]

💜

[@jackbails]

What I wanna know is who makes those Shekeres!

[@GalenWillettMusic]

Jon Bailey There’s a guy named Bill Mitkoff who makes beautiful shekeres here in the US.

[@stinkybojangles4128]

Does it Djent?

[@jisungpark8952]

재미난 연주

[@KarlMiller-DjKarl]

☮🔥

[@tigerdogboom2134]

Thats like the cook island one but we only have 1 hole in it

[@SuperPussyFinger]

I wouldn’t want one of these drums if it didn’t come with a crazy outfit.

[@xox4989]

not crazy, they're traditional attire :)

[@dokorobia8713]

SuperPussyFinger not crazy thanks 😊

[@kreate06]

these are like cook islands, tahitian, roratonga, hawaiian, and other south pacific island drums called TUETE...youtube polynesian drumming!!

[@DJJOHNNYT1]

❤️🌟🌺