This paper analyses the discourse structure of the language of the timpani (a single-membrane goblet
It is widely known that Yorùbá drummers communicate through their native drums. This paper investig
THE TALKING DRUM (TTD) - the Kele/Lokele two-tone drum language (Carrington via Gleick): low/high be
THE DUNDUN (DDN) - the Yoruba three-tone tension drum (high/mid/low, ~1.58 bits/beat): squeeze the c
THE BATA (BTA) - the Yoruba ciphered drum: fixed heads can't bend pitch, so it ENCODES speech via en