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Gankogui

Ewe · Ewe / Volta Region · Instrument

The double iron bell of Ewe music, struck with a wooden stick, whose repeating pattern anchors the entire ensemble. Its low and high mouths give two pitches, and the standard bell phrase provides the timeline against which drums and dancers orient themselves. No Ewe drum ensemble plays without it.

The gankogui pattern never varies; everything else in the ensemble is heard against it.

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