The Dondo also
known as ‘Lunar’ in Dagomba is from the North West of Ghana. It
is a double ended hour glass drum which in the rest of West Africa is known
as the ‘talking drum’. The drum is held under the left arm and
played with a bent stick. The left arm is used to squeeze the leather string
which changes the pitch of the note. The tonal variation produces the
drum’s language.
