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Encyclopedia > Frame drum

A framedrum is a membranophone that has a drumhead diameter greater than its depth. Usually single drumheads can be rawhide or man-made materials. Shells are traditionally constructed of bent wood (rosewood, oak, ash etc.) scarf jointed together, plywood and man-made materials are also used. Some framedrums have mechanical tuning and on many the drumhead is stretched and tacked in place. It is the earliest skin drum known to have existed. They've been found in widespread geographic locations and cultures. It has been suggested that they also were used when winnowing grain. A membranophone is any musical instrument which produces sound primarily by way of a vibrating stretched membrane. ... A drumhead is a membrane stretched over one or both of the open ends of a drum. ... A drumhead is a membrane stretched over one or both of the open ends of a drum. ... Rawhide is a hide or animal skin that has not been exposed to tanning and thus is much lighter in color than treated animal hides. ... A drumhead is a membrane stretched over one or both of the open ends of a drum. ... Wind winnowing is a method developed by ancient cultures for agricultural purposes. ...


Frame drums are one of the most ancient types of musical instruments. They have a simple structure with strong spiritual and entertaining effects. Frame drums are usually round, made of wood with animal skin and sometimes metal rings or plates incorporated into the drum to provide jingle. They have different sizes; the larger drums are played mainly by men in spiritual rituals and medium size drums are played mainly by women.


Frame drums originated in the ancient Middle East, India, and Rome, and reached medieval Europe through Islamic culture. The similarity of the names of frame drums in these regions shows the common history of these drums. Dayereh is one of the most famous frame drums in Persia and Central Asia. The Persian Empire was a series of historical empires that ruled over the Iranian plateau (Irān - Land of the Aryans[1]) and beyond. ... Map of Central Asia showing three sets of possible boundaries for the region Central Asia located as a region of the world Central Asia is a vast landlocked region of Asia. ...


Types of Framedrums

The bendir is a frame drum used as a traditional instrument throughout North Africa. ... Bodhr n with tipper The Bodhr n (pronounced bow-rahn; plural bodhr in) is an Irish frame drum ranging in anywhere from 10 to 26 in diameter, with most drums measuring from 14 to 18. The sides of the drum are 3 1/2 to 8 deep. ... A tar is a single-headed drum played from Turkey to Morocco. ... Spanish antique tambourine The tambourine is musical instrument of the percussion family consisting of a single drumhead mounted on a ring with small metal jingles. ... The word daf and similar can mean: The word daff is a colloquial short form of daffodil. ...

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Drum (musical instrument) - MSN Encarta (821 words)
Drum (musical instrument), musical instrument consisting of one or two stretched membranes, called heads, held taut across a bowl-shaped or tubular frame, called a shell, and sounded by percussion; that is, by striking the instrument with the hands or with sticks.
Drum shells that are basically tubular vary in their actual shape, from cylindrical, as in a bass drum; to barrel shaped, as in some drums of China and India; to goblet shaped, as in the single-headed Middle Eastern darabuka; to hourglass shaped, as in the double-headed Japanese tsuzumi.
The tambourine, a single-headed frame drum with or without jingling metal disks set in its frame, is traditionally a woman's instrument in Islamic countries, as it was in ancient and prehistoric times and in medieval Europe.
Frame Drums for Sale - Page 1 (318 words)
Frame Drums are the musicologist's term for a class of percussion instruments constructed of a shallow cylindrical frame over which a skin is stretched and may or may not have jingles.
Frame drums are perhaps one of the earliest forms of drum made by many civilizations across the world.
Essentially, drums are a piece of animal skin stretched over a circular frame that has a depth less than the width of the head, or where the frame is half or less than the diameter of the head.
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