Parts of the hand drum

                               THE HAND DRUM

                                             

             TYPE OF INTUMENT→Percussion,Membranophone,unpitched

MATERIALS USED TO MAKE IT→,Traditionally, the body of a hand drum is made of wood, gourd shell or other material common to the local environment, and the drum skin tends to come from creatures that are part of the regular diet (goats, deer, fish).

                                              HOW IT IS MADE→By hand  

                                                        HOW WE TUNE IT → 

MAIN PARTS→A hand drum is any type of drum that is typically played 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 of a shallow, cylindrical shell with a drumhead attached to one of the open ends.

INSTRUMENTAL ENSEMBLES IT CAN PLAY IN →all types

IMPORTANT COMPOSERS AND WORKS→Jamey Haddad,

Glen Velez,Ganesh Kumar,Houman Pourmehdi,N. Scott Robinson,Marla Leigh

By: Claudia Gómez