Drum Languages Project

Dataset 2 – Nigerian Yoruba+Bata/Dundun Drums

Audio and Video Examples

Artists: Baba Ayanlere Alajede and the Àyàánilùwa Dùndún Ensemble

Recordings made in Lagos and Utrecht by Mariano Gonzalez and Olupemi Oludare

Audio 1: Sentence 1

Video 1: Listening Guide
The listening guide is meant to help the reader distinguish between the different drum parts.

Video 2: Gbẹ̀du Aláàfin Ọ̀yọ (Studio Version)

Video 3: Gbẹ̀du Aláàfin Ọ̀yọ (Field Version)

Video 4: Ìlu Ọṣun (Studio Version)

Video 5: Ìlu Ọṣun (Field Version)

Video 6: Ìlu Ògún (Studio Version)

Video 7: Ìlu Ògún (Field Version)

Video 8: Ìlu Sango (Studio Version)

Video 9: Ìlu Sango (Field Version)

Video 10: Ìlu Ìbejì (Studio Version)

Video 11: Ìlu Ìbejì (Field Version)

Video 12: Ìlu Àgbà (Studio Version)

Video 13: Ìlu Àgbà (Field Version)