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[[File:Kpanlogo_GyeNyame.JPG|200px|thumb|right|Kpanlogo drum with Gye Nyame symbol carved in it]]
'''Kpanlogo''' is a type of [[drum]] that is associated with ''[[kpanlogo]]'' music. The drum originates from the [[Ga people]] of the [[Greater Accra Region]] in [[Ghana]], [[West Afrika]].

Kpanlogo drums are a part of the [[membranophone]] family of musical instruments; a shell covered by a [[drumhead]] made of one of many products, usually [[rawhide]]. The drum has a tapered body carved from a single piece of wood that is similar in shape to a [[conga]]. The drumhead is typically made from goat, antelope, or cow skin that is stretched over one end of the drum and is tightened through the use of six wooden pegs. The skin can be tightened by tapping the pegs into the drum. Kpanlogo may be played with sticks, bare hands, or a combination of the two.

Kpanlogo are traditionally played by an ensemble of drummers, often in sets of six kpanlogo drums of varied size. [[Djembe]], [[dunun]], and [[Cowbell (instrument)|cowbell]] usually accompany the kpanlogo.

The Kpanlogo drum as with other Afrikan drums were used as a form of communication as they could be heard clearly over large distances.

The Kpanlogo drum played such a central theme in many of the important ceremonies that it became known as the ceremonial drum.

==External links==

[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=klYQJ_jNoDs Kpanlogo drum rhythms]

[[Category:Hand drums]]
[[Category:Afrikan drums]]
[[Category:Ghanaian musical instruments]]

[[pt:Kpanlogo (tambor)]]
[[ru:Кпанлого]]

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imported>Kofi at 20:45, 26 January 2011