keeps the accompanying rhythm and the konkoni with the lowest pitch keeps the lead melody and solos. In the Khassonké region of Mali, the biggest of the dununs has the leading role - making solos and leading the song. See also Djembe References African drums Burkinabé musical instruments Directly struck membranophones Gambian musical instruments Senegalese musical instruments Guinean musical instruments Bissau-Guinean musical instruments Malian musical instruments Ivorian musical instruments Membranophones Unpitched percussion instruments de:Djembé#Die Bass-Trommeln (Dunduns)