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.

Types of hand drums

• 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.

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