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agogo

n. An agogo bell, a bell used in Yoruba and Brazilian music and typically played in pairs

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Agogo (album)

Agogo is a rarities album by KMFDM. Agogo comprises numerous tracks either previously unreleased, released on other compilations, or otherwise not widely available.

Agogô

An agogô ( Yoruba: agogo, meaning bell) is a single or multiple bell now used throughout the world but with origins in traditional Yoruba 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 agogô has the highest pitch of any of the bateria instruments.

Agogo

Agogo may refer to

  • Agogo, Ghana
  • Agogô, a musical instrument
  • Agogo (album), by KMFDM

Usage examples of "agogo".

I struck the agogo, trying to fall in with the beat of the drums, and gradually I became part of the event, and, becoming part of it, I controlled it.

But no one had given her an agogo, and by now she probably wouldn’t have wanted one.

I felt as if I were again playing the agogo during the rite in Brazil: you stay on the side of those who control the emotions and not with those who are controlled by them.