The Royal Music of Central Africa (MRAC) has a rich collection of more than 8,000 musical instruments, 85 % of which come from Congo. Together with the piano & agrave; inches, the drum & agrave; Membrane is undoubtedly the most characteristic instrument of musical music of the Africa, south of the Sahara. The drum & agrave; Membrane is found, so to speak, in the center of musical accompaniment of rituals and c & acute; monies, as well as dance performances which are more orient towards the tent. It is therefore an absolutely essential of musical culture and dance of the sub -Saharan Africa.

l & rsquo; Diff & Eacite Cat & Eacate; Gories on the basis of their shape. A drum can be open or closed; & agrave; Simple or & agrave; Double membrane. We distinguish cylindrical, conical, barrel, hourglass, cog. The most r & eacute dash form in sub -Saharan Africa is the cylindrical form. & Nbsp;

The drum collection & agrave; Mrac membrane is the widest in the world with regard to central Africa; & agrave; This title is considered to be an important thing for research. Certainly, the collection was taken as a basis and point for a critical valuation of the classification in force of the musical instruments. This initiative is within the framework of the European Musical Instrument Museums Online (MIMO) project, the objective of which is to disclose the collections of 11 MUSCUTES. & Nbsp;

two new cylindrical drums were thus added & agrave; The recognized international classification of Von Hornbostel and Sachs. The YOLO drum in the shape of a vase among the Kuba of the Congo and the Drum Entenga, of cylindrical-condic in Burundi are now registered on the world map of music instruments. The disclosure of the Mrac N ' is not a terminal history collection; On the contrary, ch