KTRAINDATW

I - INSTRUMENTS

Icheche

Nigerian Shaker

Icheche shakers from Nigeria are made from woven straw and leather and are filled with pebbles. They are used by the Igede People of Nigeria.

Idakka (Edakka)

Indian Drum

The Idakka is an hourglass shaped drum beaten with one stick from Kerala. India. It is considered a divine instrument.

Ideh (Idi)

Nigerian Arm/Leg Rattle

The Ideh (or Idi) is basically large seeds attached to a grass band. They are used as an arm or leg rattle in Nigeria.

Idiophones

Instrument Category

An idiophone is any musical instrument that creates sound primarily by the instrument as a whole vibrating—without the use of strings or membranes. It is the first of the four main divisions in the original Hornbostel–Sachs scheme of musical instrument classification.

Igba

Nigerian Drum

The Igba drum is a short peg-tuned Nigerian wooden drum with the head made out of antelope skin. It is typically slung from the shoulder and played with a curved stick or the hands. An Igba may be as small as 7 inches, or as tall as 3 feet.

Ijachi

Nigerian Instrument

The Ijachi is a Nigerian Igede iron spear identified with warrior musical groups. Clappers attached to the spear vibrate as it is plunged repeatedly into the ground.

Ikko

A highly decorated goblet shaped drum. Japan.

Ili 'Ili

Hawaiian Stone Castanets

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Ilu

Yoruba name for Brazilian Drum

The Ilu drum is a

Ingoma

Cylindrical drum covered with a membrane of animal skin. Burundi.

Ingone

Large sacred drum used in xango ceremonies on Recife. Brazil.

Inkiranya

Large ceremonial drum. Burundi.

Ipu (Ipu Heke 'Ole)

Single Hawaiian Gourd

A single Hawaiian gourd drum made in two sizes for dancers of both the ancient and modern hulas.USA.

Ipu Heke

Double Hawaiian Gourd

A Hawaiian drum made of two gourds of unequal size which are attached at the necks. A hole is left in open on the top of the upper gourd, and the two are joined by breadfruit gum. The musician sits on the ground, hold the ipu in his left hand and with a kapa or twine loop and plays rhythms on it with his right hand.

Ishaka

Ibo gourd shaker with three different types of natural seed nets. Nigeria.

Itótele

The middle drum in the set of three batá drums. Cuba.

Iworo

Igede leg rattles worn by dancers. They are made from the large seeds of the ochichingbo vine. Nigeria.

Iyá

The largest of the set of three batá drums. It is believed to communicate directly with the orishas during sacred ceremonies. Cuba.

Iyailu

The lead drum of the dundun. Nigeria.

Iyesá

A set of four sacred two-headed drums made of hand-carved cedar from Matanzas. They are played with sticks. Cuba.