Kayamba

Description

Instrument type
Area
Ethnicity

The Kayamba is a shaker, with a cross bar which is played with the thumbs at the same time as it is is shaken – producing a percussive ‘hit’ at the same time as the traditional ‘shaker’ sound.

 

 

We bought a couple of the Kayamba shakers from the musicians, and these became the founding items in the Singing Wells percussion library.