hand drums
Bongos and djembes
Hand drums are percussion instruments played by striking the drumhead with the hands rather than sticks or mallets.
The category includes congas, bongos, djembes, frame drums, and tablas.
Hand drumming produces a warmer, more varied tone than stick drumming and allows subtle control over sound through finger placement and palm technique: a hand drum circle in the park.
- congaCuban hand drum
- djembeHand-struck goblet drum
- tablaIndian paired hand drums
- bongosJoined pair of drums
- tambourineJingling handheld percussion instrument
tars · call-and-response · cajon · bodhran · polyrhythm · thump · fingers · pulse · bass tone · tapping · finger rolls · circle · slap · palm strike · skin · groove · bongo drums · beat
- drumsbongo, tambourine, snare, djembe, conga
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- rhythm toystambourine, maracas, shakers, egg shaker, egg shakers
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