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Encyclopedia > Hand drum

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. Drum carried by John Unger, Company B, 40th Regiment New York Veteran Volunteer Infantry Mozart Regiment, December 20, 1863 Several American Indian-style drums for sale at the National Museum of the American Indian. ... A human hand typically has four fingers and a thumb. ... Look up stick in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... A mallet is a type of hammer, and is manufactured in different designs according to their intended use. ... A claw hammer A hammer is a tool meant to deliver blows to a target, causing it to move or deform. ... A framedrum is a membranophone that has a drumhead diameter greater than its depth. ... A right circular cylinder In mathematics, a cylinder is a quadric, i. ... A drumhead is a membrane stretched over one or both of the open ends of a drum. ...


Types of hand drums

A framedrum is a membranophone that has a drumhead diameter greater than its depth. ... A tar is a single-headed drum played from Turkey to Morocco. ... This article is about musical instrument. ... Africa is a large and diverse continent, consisting of dozens of countries, hundreds of languages and thousands of races, tribes and ethnic groups. ... A djembe (also djimbe, jembe, jenbe, yembe, sanbanyi in Susu; pronounced JEM-bay) is a skin covered drum shaped like a large goblet and is meant to be played with bare hands. ... A pair of congas The conga is a tall, narrow, single-headed Cuban drum of African origin, probably derived from the Congolese Makuta drums. ... Bongos being played Bongos are a percussion instrument. ... The Caribbean island of Cuba has been influential in the development of multiple musical styles in the 19th and 20th centuries. ... A typical set of Tabla. ... Indian music is: The music of India or Native American music This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ...

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Hand drum - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (143 words)
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.
The most common African drum known to westerners is the djembe, a large, single-headed drum with an hourglass shape.
THE HEALING DRUM-Hawaiian Islands (1430 words)
Some of the psychological applications in which hand drums are being used include assisting veterans to release the emotional pain of post-traumatic stress disorder, releasing the pent-up anger and negative emotions of "at-risk" adolescents, and promoting health in corporate executives through releasing their day-to-day stress.
In the medical field, the hand drum is being used to help Alzheimer's patients improve their short-term memory and increase social interaction and to help autistic children increase their attention spans.
Drumming creates an island in time, where all else is shut out except the rhythms that issue forth from your fingertips at your pace, expressing your feelings at that present moment.
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