agogo bells

double bell The agogô is an instrument used widely in West Africa, Brazil, and throughout the world. The name comes from ágogo (AH-go-go) meaning “double bell” in the tonal Yoruba language and is onomatopoeia for the two sounds it makes.

Cut through any ensemble with the versatile Agogo bell handmade in Togo, West Africa. Also known as a Gangokui Double Bell, these African cow-bells are a traditional Ewe instrument and hold a vital timekeeping role in ensemble music.

The agogô is a bell idiophone associated with Afro-Brazilian culture of Brazil. It is used alongside the berimbau and other instruments to accompany capoeira and also for African-derived religious practices such as candomblé. The agogô has also become a standard instrument in samba baterias.

Sound. Or in between the two bells to create a double pitch sound. And you can also play the bells and pull the two bells together to create a tapping sound.

Cowbells are bigger and thus lower-pitched than agogos, and the round or elliptical mouth of the agogo yields a bit more sustain than the square opening and general shape of the cowbell.

Like all other Asante states, the people of Agogo had remained an independent entity until the need to form a union of states became apparent. The people of Agogo did directly participate in the Denkyira war in 1698, which concluded in the liberation of Asanteman from Denkyira under Ashanti King Asantehene Osei Tutu I.

Cowbells are bigger and thus lower-pitched than agogos, and the round or elliptical mouth of the agogo yields a bit more sustain than the square opening and general shape of the cowbell.

The most common arrangement is two bells attached by a U shaped piece of metal. The smaller bell is held uppermost. Either bell may be hit with a wooden stick to make a cowbell like sound or less commonly a clicking sound is produced by squeezing the two bells together.

The Agogo Bells originated in West Africa and were traditionally used by Yoruba people in Nigeria. They are used as an accompaniment to traditional African music and dance. The bells are made of two or three metal disks of different sizes, which are mounted on a metal rod and struck with a stick.

Based on West African Yoruba single or double bells, the agogo may be the oldest samba instrument, and is also the highest pitch of any of the bateria instruments. Each bell is a different size which allows different pitches to be produced, depending on which bell is hit, and can be made from either wood or metal.

An agogô (Yoruba: agogo, meaning bell) is a single or a multiple bell now used throughout the world but with origins in traditional Yoruba and Edo music and also in the samba baterias (percussion ensembles). The agogô may be the oldest samba instrument and was based on West African Yoruba single or double bells.

The most common arrangement is two bells attached by a U shaped piece of metal. The smaller bell is held uppermost. Either bell may be hit with a wooden stick to make a cowbell like sound or less commonly a clicking sound is produced by squeezing the two bells together.