Young Brunette Girl With Djembe Drums Reveals On The Balcony Terrace

- Anne-Yolaine Diarra is a French djembefola in the Strasbourg group Sokan, where she plays with three male djembefolas from Burkina Faso.
Sound and striking technique
Djembe players use three basic sounds: bass, tone, and slap, which have low, medium, and high pitch, respectively. These sounds are achieved by varying the striking technique and position. Other sounds are possible (masters achieve as many as twenty-five distinctly different sounds), but these additional sounds are used rarely, mainly for special effects during a solo performance (djembe kan, literally, "the sound of the djembe"). A skilled player can use the sounds to create very complex rhythmic patterns; the combination of rhythm and the differently-pitched sounds often leads an inexpert listener to believe that more than one drum is being played.