(Upbeat music playing)
[Kofi Anang] - Hello again.
My name is Kofi Anang, and today I am introducing you
to a new instrument.
These are shakers from Ghana.
Now, this one here is called Ahasay, from the Ewe people
of the Southeastern side of Ghana.
Now, Ahasay, as you can see, is a gourd,
and beads are moving around it.
And when you shake it, the beads are what makes the sound
because the gourd is hallow.
And that is what makes this very nice sound
because the gourd is very hard.
And when the beads hit it, you get a beautiful sound
out of it.
And also the gourd, we sometimes use it as a water jug,
when we go out to farm, we fill it with water and
drink out of it.
So, that is called Ahasay.
This one here is another gourd, but this time
the beads are not on the outside, its inside the gourd.
This is from the Northern part of Ghana, and this
is the way they play it.
(rhythm playing with gourd)
So you can see, you just need to, kind of, roll it around,
and then you snap it and you get your sound.
So, this is another gourd. So gourds are very useful
instruments that we use in Ghana.
And this one here, instead of you shaking it, you
play it on your knee.
With your hand you go (rhythm starts playing)
up and down, up and down
(Plays rhythm with Ahasay)
(Plays rhythm)
So that is Ahasay. Thank you very much.
And now, we are going to go into, I am going to show you
a traditional rhythm.
This rhythm is from Guinea, called Yankadi.
And I want you to sing with me before I show you
on a drum how it goes.
So repeat after me, "do do, pantan, do do, kpa, do do
pantan, do do, kpa"
To make a rhythmic go, "do do, pantan, do do, kpa
do do, pantan, do do, kpa"
(Continues verbal rhythm)
Did you get that? Okay, all right.
Now, I am going to play the drum
and you can hear the drum say the same thing.
(Verbal rhythm)
Either you can play it on the table in front of you,
or you can sing it as I play, all right?
So I am going to start very slow so we can all go together
and then I am going to speed up after a while, all right?
So, let's see how that goes
(Begins drumming and singing)
(continues to drum and sing)
and if you want to make it fancy, you go, "do do do,
pantan, do do, kpa."
(plays drum and sings at the same time)
(Drum rhythm gets faster)
(Music speeds up)
(continues to play the drum)
(Plays drum rhythm)
(Music slows down)
(Verbal rhythm)
Thank you. Thank you.
I am glad that you joined me today
to have a little fun playing a rhythm called
Yankadi, from Guinea. I hope you enjoyed it
like I did.
See you next time. Bye bye.
(upbeat music plays)