About this minute

Title
Elmfield School Wake the Taiko
Recordist
Ben England
Creator
Adam Amer
Performer
Elmfield School for Deaf Children
Location
Elmfield School for Deaf Children, Bristol
Collections
Bristol Collection 1
Related resource guides
Atmospheric Sounds , Schools and Childhood , Taiko drums , World

Bristol 1 #20

Taiko drums are traditional unpitched wooden drums originally from Japan, and are played with large wooden sticks called bachi. You just heard the sound of a group of pupils at Elmfield School for Deaf Children performing a traditional ceremony where the drums are played softly, then louder, and then very loudly while the players shout...
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