A hand drum is any type of drum that is typically played with the bare hand rather than a stick, mallet, hammer, or other type of beater. The drum is a member of the percussion group technically classified as a Membranophone. The hands ( med / lat: manus pl manūs are the two intricate prehensile multi- Fingered body parts normally located at the end of each arm of a A mallet is a type of hammer with a head made of softer materials than the Steel normally used in hammerheads so as to avoid damaging a delicate surface A hammer is a tool meant to deliver an impact to an object The most common uses are for driving nails fitting parts and breaking up objects The simplest type of hand drum is the frame drum, which consists of a shallow, cylindrical shell with a drumhead attached to one of the open ends. A frame drum is a Drum that has a Drumhead diameter greater than its depth A cylinder is one of the most basic curvilinear geometric shapes the Surface formed by the points at a fixed distance from a given Straight line, the axis A drumhead is a membrane stretched over one or both of the open ends of a Drum. There are many groups that are known for performing drums. The East Side Drummers are one of the best and most world-renown groups. They were formerly known as the Thompson pulse.
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Types of hand drums
Middle & Near East
- A frame drum common in Middle Eastern music is the Tar (drum). A frame drum is a Drum that has a Drumhead diameter greater than its depth A tar ( Arabic: طار) is a single-headed Frame drum. The tar comes from North Africa and the Middle East.
- The tambourine is simply a frame drum with jingles attached to the shell. The tambourine or Marine is a Musical instrument of the percussion family consisting of a frame often of wood or plastic with pairs of small metal jingles
- The daf and the dayereh are Iranian frame drums. A daf ( Persian and Arabic: دف) is a large-sized Frame drum used to accompany both popular and classical music in Iran A dayereh (or doyra, dojra, dajre, doira, dajreja) is a medium-sized Frame drum with Jingles, used
- Ghaval is the Azerbaijani frame drum.
- The tonbak is the Persian goblet drum. The tonbak (also tombak, donbak, dombak; in Persian: تمبک, or تُمبَک,تنبک,دمبک,دنبک or zarb The goblet drum (also chalice drum) is a goblet shaped Hand drum used mostly in Arabic, Assyrian, Persian, Balkan,
- The duhmboog or doombeg is the Armenian name for the hand drum.
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Africa
- The most common African drum known to westerners is the djembe, a large, single-headed drum with a goblet shape. The music of Africa is as vast and varied as the continent's many regions, nations and Ethnic groups Although there is no distinctly pan-African A djembe (ˈdʒɛmbeɪ JEM-bay) also known as djimbe, jenbe, jembe, yembe, or sanbanyi in Susu is a skin covered
- The Ashiko is another African drum in the shape of a truncated cone. An ashiko is a kind of Drum shaped like a truncated cone and meant to be played with bare hands Similar to the Djembe it is rope strung.
- Bougarabou are African drums with cow skin heads. A Bougarabou (alternative spelling “Boucarabou” is a set of Drums commonly used in West Africa.
Latin Percussion
- Congas and bongos are essential to all kinds of Latin American music, especially that of the Caribbean and South American regions, used in both folklore (punta, santeria, rumba, etc. The conga is tall narrow single-headed Cuban Drum of African origin probably derived from the Congolese Makuta drums or Sikulu ) and popular music such as merengue, salsa, son, boleros, bachata, cumbia, latin jazz, and others. SON DNA binding protein, also known as SON, is a human Gene. Bolero is a name given to more than one type of Latin-American music and its associated dance and song Bachata, a form of Music and Dance that originated in the countryside and the rural neighborhoods of the Dominican Republic. Cumbia is originally a Colombian Folk dance and Dance music and is Colombia 's representative national dance and music along with Vallenato Latin jazz is the general term given to music that combines rhythms from African and Latin American countries with jazz and classical harmonies from Latin America the Caribbean Europe
- The Tambora, a two-sided drum played with both a stick and a hand, is essential to the merengue dance of the Dominican republic. The tambora (from the Spanish word tambor, meaning "drum" is a name for a group of Afro-Caribbean Musical instruments Its
Far East and India
- Tabla are central to Indian music. This article is about the Indian drum For the drum with the same name in Arabic, see Goblet drum.
- The mridangam takes the main spot in Indian classical (Carnatic) music. The mridangam (மிருதங்கம் is a Percussion instrument from India, especially South India. Carnatic music (also spelled Karnatak music or Karnatik music, and originally called Karṇāṭaka sangīta or Karṇāṭaka sangītam in India
- Ghatams and Kanjiras accompany the mridangam in carnatic music. The ghatam is a Percussion instrument, used in the Carnatic music of South India. The kanjira or ganjira, a South Indian Frame drum, is an instrument of the Tambourine family
Europe
- The Irish Bodhrán is sometimes played with the bare hand. The bodhrán (ˈbɔːrɑːn or /ˈbaʊrɑːn/ plural bodhráns or bodhráin) is an Irish Frame drum ranging from 25 to 65cm (10"
New Age
- The Hang is a modern tuned hand drum. A Hang (pronunciation between the vowel sounds in the word ' Hot' and ' Hungry' is a melodious percussive steel Musical instrument created in Switzerland.
External links
- world percussion discussion forum
- Hand Drumming Workshops, Events
- Nay-Nava the encyclopedia of persian music instruments
- Hand Drumming at Wikiot.com - A wiki devoted to music. Contains hand drumming lessons and videos.
- The Doumbek Page
- Structure of Tonbak
- Different Names of Goblet drums in Asia, North Africa and East Europe
- Tombak Network
- Goblet Drumming Forum
- Different Dafs
- Daf, the Spiritual Frame Drum
- Frame Drummer Forum
- Goblet drums and tombak through history
- Organology of tubular and goblet drums
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