Tambins come in several keys; from E, up to Bb. The most common ones are F, F#, G, Ab and A. They produce one complete diatonic scale, starting on the lowest note of the second register (the 3rd of the scale) and going up three registers to the sixth of t
Yaya Diallo of Mali and Montreal plays djembe and balafon. "This is not Yaya playing, but the ancestors playing through him." --Mali elders. Fula (Peul) flute (tambin) also heard here.