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…
