frame drum
Shallow circular drum
A frame drum is a percussion instrument with a drumhead stretched over a shallow circular frame, where the frame's depth is less than the head's diameter.
The category includes tambourines, bodhráns, and tar drums.
Frame drums are among the oldest known instruments, appearing across cultures from the Middle East to Ireland: She played a steady rhythm on the frame drum.
Irish goatskin drum
Of spirit-world intermediaries
- ritualCeremonial set of actions
- ceremonialRelating to formal rites
- indigenousOriginating in a region
- folkRegular common people
sacred · healing · trance · meditation · spiritual · tribal · ancient · traditional
Forming a closed curve
shallow · handheld · open-back · wooden · membrane · stretched · tacked · lapped
bodhran
Irish goatskin drum
shamanic
Of spirit-world intermediaries
- ritualCeremonial set of actions
- ceremonialRelating to formal rites
- indigenousOriginating in a region
folk · sacred · healing · trance · meditation · spiritual · tribal · ancient · traditional · ethnomusicology
circular
Forming a closed curve
disk · shallow · handheld · open-back · wooden · membrane · stretched · tacked · lapped · cylindrical
beat
Rhythmic pulse or strike
fingers · palm · thumb · roll · slap · brush · shake · tilt · damping · drone
resonance
Amplified oscillation at natural frequency
overtones · pitch · sustain · ringing · buzz · jingles · snares · warm · deep · crisp
frame drumdrum kit
Seated percussionist's instrument collection
snare drum · xylophone · marimba · vibraphone · glockenspiel
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