←ExploreENTITY · GENRENyabinghi chantProbableA Jamaican genre or form associated with the roots era. Starter record pending editorial verification.Share a memoryCorrect this recordAdd a source leadAt a glanceTypegenreConfidenceProbableEraOpen era →Genres, forms & lineagesConnectionspart ofNyabinghiNyabinghi chant is the core musical/ceremonial practice within the wider Rastafari Nyabinghi tradition (Rough Guide to Reggae).linked by · associated withGrounation — Count Ossie & The Mystic Revelation of RastafariThe album records extended Nyabinghi chant and drumming.linked by · part ofNyabinghi bass drumThe bass (thunder) drum is one of the three drums of the Nyabinghi ensemble, striking on the first and softly on the third beat (Bass Culture; Rough Guide to Reggae).linked by · part ofAkete drumThe akete is one of the three sacred drums voicing the Nyabinghi chant (Reggae Routes; Rough Guide to Reggae).linked by · part ofRepeater drumThe high-pitched repeater plays the improvised syncopation over the bass and funde in Nyabinghi drumming (Bass Culture; Rough Guide to Reggae).linked by · part ofAkete drumsThe three Nyabinghi drums are collectively called akete and carry the chant (Rough Guide to Reggae).linked by · part ofFundeh drumThe middle-pitched funde plays the steady one-two heartbeat in the Nyabinghi three-drum ensemble (Bass Culture; Rough Guide to Reggae).
