I-Tam-tam: ukwakheka kwensimbi, umlando wemvelaphi, umsindo, ukusetshenziswa

Insimbi, ulimi olukwazi ukuqonda izizwe zasendulo zase-Afrika, iyingxenye yomndeni wama-gongs. “Izwi” lakhe lazisa isifunda ngokuzalwa kwabafana - abazingeli bakusasa nabazolandela umndeni, waduma ngokunqoba lapho amadoda ebuya nempango noma ehuba kabuhlungu, eduduza abafelokazi bamasosha afile.

Yini i-tam-tom

Insimbi yomculo eshaywayo eyenziwe ngethusi noma amanye ama-alloys ngendlela yediski. Ukuze kukhishwe umsindo, kusetshenziswa izinsimbi zokhuni ezinamafindo noma izinti, njengalapho kudlalwa isigubhu. Kukhona-kulengiswa njengensimbi esisekelweni sensimbi noma sokhuni. Izinhlobonhlobo ngendlela yezigubhu zifakwe phansi.

Lapho ushaywa, umsindo ukhuphuka ube ngamagagasi, udale umsindo omkhulu kakhulu. Umsindo uncike endleleni esetshenzisiwe. Insimbi ayishaywa nje kuphela, kodwa futhi iqhutshwa ngezinti ezungeze isiyingi, ngezinye izikhathi iminsalo isetshenziselwa ukudlala ama-bass amabili.

Umlando wemvelaphi

Ama-tom-tom amadala kakhulu ayenziwe ngokhukhunathi embozwe ngesikhumba senyathi. E-Afrika, leli thuluzi lalinenjongo enkulu, kuhlanganise nesiko. Emhlabeni wesayensi, izingxoxo mayelana nemvelaphi ye-idiophone yasendulo azipheli. Igama layo libuyela ezilimini zamaNdiya ezizwe, eChina eminyakeni engaphezu kwezinkulungwane ezintathu ezedlule amathuluzi anjalo ayesevele ekhona, futhi abameleli besizwe sase-Afrika uTumba-Yumba babheka isigubhu esikhulu saseTam-Tam njengesingcwele. Ngakho-ke, asikho isiphetho esisekelwe ngokwesayensi ngendawo yemvelaphi.

Ukusebenzisa

Phakathi kwama-Afrika, i-tom-tom yayiyithuluzi lokubonisa elimemezela isidingo sokuqoqa izimpi, futhi lalisetshenziswa ngesikhathi sokukhwabanisa. Ngosizo lwesigubhu, isizwe sabangela imvula ngesomiso, saxosha imimoya emibi. Uma kunesidingo, yayisetshenziswa njengendlela yokuxhumana nezinye izizwe, ngoba umsindo wawuzwakala amashumi amakhilomitha.

Emculweni we-classical, i-tam-tam yathola ukusetshenziswa kamuva kakhulu, ekuqaleni kwekhulu lesi-XNUMX. Owokuqala owayisebenzisa njengengxenye ye-symphony orchestra kwakunguGiacomo Meyerbeer, umqambi waseJalimane. Umsindo we-idiophone yase-Afrika wawufaneleka kakhulu ukudlulisa idrama ku-opera yakhe ethi Robert the Devil, The Huguenots, The Prophet, The African Woman.

U-Tam-tam uzwakalisa uvuthondaba oludabukisayo ku-opera ka-Rimsky-Korsakov ethi Scheherazade. Ingena emsindweni we-orchestra ngesikhathi ucwila umkhumbi. Emculweni wanamuhla, isetshenziswa ekuqanjweni kohlanga nedwala, okusetshenziselwa amaqembu ezempi, okuhambisana nebhendi yethusi.