
BAKÁ MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS
The Baká people have many instruments which are indigenous to them which are all played in order to make a Baka music melody whole and complete. There is first a set of four drums.
Mongúruku: There is the Mongúruku drum which is a big base drum often played by one person beaten it in intervals during the music performance by using both hand palms.
Mutángá: The second is a set of two drums known as mutángá and both drums are played by one person using two drum sticks.
Júla: The third is one drum which the smallest of all and is known as júla. It is often played again by one person hitting it using one drum stick to guide the pace of the tone.
Albiri: Another critical instrument is known as albiri which is a big calabash and is often blown by mouth to produce a voo voo sound in a sequential manner in order to act as an energizer and also to as a controlling mechanism to the speed and tempo of the whole music episode.
Muchéyé: There is also the muchéyé which are often shaken and juddered by one or two or even 3 individuals as they sing. A muchéyé is made out of a smaller gourd calabash filled with stones, seeds or beads in order to produce a rattling and shaking sound when shaken. These muchéyés also act as energizers and also as controllers of the speed and tempo of the whole music episode.
Kángá: These are a set of 9 long gourd calabash with each varying in length and producing a sound representing a solfege syllables. Each of the 9 people blow one at a time in a coordinated, interval and intervened manner to form tones for a complete song.
Dubari: This is musical instrument made out of an animal horn (primarily a bush bark) and attached to a small gourd. This is often referred to as the Baka flute and it is often blown by one person in interval.



