ogene udu 1

This short video by Eugene Skeef shows 5 brilliant Igbo musicians from Nigeria demonstrating the different instruments of an ogene-udu ensemble. Opanka, who introduces the improvised piece on ogene, is the leader of this group that Eugene caught up with in a village in Enugu state, eastern Nigeria, just before they were to perform ritual music at a funeral. The ogene is a double bell. The udu played here is the one-hole version of the clay pot drum. You are invited to appreciate the polyrhythmic interlocking of rhythmic patterns played on the different instruments within an overall 6/8 rhythm.

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Music

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• udu
• ogene
• rhythm
• african
• percussion
• music
• polyrhythm
• shekere
• calabash
• nigeria
• igbo
• jazz
• ensemble
• spirit
• performance
• demo
• drumming
• cowbell
• agogo
• bell
• shaker

[eugeneskeef]

Hey JHL, thanks for your comment. I have just checked out the video on your channel - I love what you're doing. Amazing in every aspect!!!!!!!

[eugeneskeef]

The guy playing the single-hole udu is using a soft beater improvised from a piece of sponge.

[eugeneskeef]

Thanks for your comment murphy4God. Just send me an email at eugeneskeef@gmail.com and we can start talking about bringing the guys to Japan. There's much more great music they can perform.

[uuz10]

Heeey Guy I want more of these guys as soon as possible pls!!!! Sweet melody coming from amazing talent !. Organize them and get more of them!

[eugeneskeef]

@uuz10 Thanks so much for your encouraging words. You have put more fire in my soul. I will finally do that, which I have been meaning to do for years... Watch this space for more news.

[ThatsABiggon]

OMG, no place on earth rivals the rhythmic genius & beauty of Africa... BAR NONE!!!

[18battalion]

These smart and highly skilled players deserve Ph.Ds to be awarded.

If we start awarding Ph. Ds in these areas, no country will rival us in the musical industry.

[JHL]

@eugeneskeef Thank you for your kind words. I'm revisiting this video every now and then be inspired by these amazing musicians. I'm hoping that this, and all the other musical treasures coming out of Africa will get more recognition in the rest of the world during the coming decades. This stuff should be performed in the great concert halls and dance halls all over the world.

[JHL]

Killing!

[Chevyslam88]

I'm in Love with who I am...pure Nwafor (Igbo boy) undiluted!

[fiddlerize]

could you please tell me what he is playing the water jug (udu) with?

[jookcointl]

@bigborn973 am in brooklyn new york too and you just feel like you are in prison wao you on is a simple matter, as for me i'm a prisoner soon to be released back to my motherland Abia State whwre I belong no where debt sleep all night with me

[8080Ace]

Why did it have to end?!?!?!

[bigborn973]

am in new york, 42 stories high above the earth, but I take my village any time. I miss my people so much. I feel like am in prison over here.