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Hand drum
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A hand drum is any type of drum that is typically played by striking it with the bare hand rather than a stick, mallet, hammer, or other type of beater. The simplest type of hand drum is the frame drum, which consists a shallow, cylindrical shell with a drumhead attached to one of the open ends.
- A frame drum common in Middle Eastern music is the Tar (drum).
- The tambourine is simply a frame drum with jingles attached to the shell.
- The daf and the dayereh are Iranian frame drums.
- Ghaval is the Azerbaijani frame drum.
- The tonbak is the Persian goblet drum.
- The most common African drum known to westerners is the djembe, a large, single-headed drum with a goblet shape.
- The Ashiko is another African drum in the shape of a truncated cone. Similar to the Djembe it is rope strung.
- Bougarabou are African drums with cow skin heads.
- Congas and bongos are essential to Afro-Cuban music.
- Tabla are central to Indian music.
- The Irish Bodhrán is sometimes played with the bare hand.
- The Hang is a modern tuned hand drum.
- NEW!!! Mark Roach Hang/Hand drum totaly new sounds
- Mark Roach Hang/hand drum solo
- Mark Roach Hang/hand drum collection of videos
- 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
- Peyman Nasehpour and His Tonbak; view also Peyman Nasehpoor
- Structure of Tonbak
- Different Names of Goblet drums in Asia, North Africa and East Europe
- Tombak Network
- David Kuckhermann's Online lessons
- Goblet Drumming Forum
- Different Dafs
- Daf, the Spiritual Frame Drum
- Frame Drummer Forum
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