| Music Encyclopedia: Hourglass drum |
Drum with a constricted waist and open cup-shaped ends, usually of wood, metal, earthenware or even bone, known from Africa to Japan and Oceania. In some types the player can vary the tension of the skin, and thus the pitch, by pressing on a thong (as in the West African talking drum).
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It has been suggested that Hourglass drum, Damaru, Udukai, Urumee, Idakka, Dhad sarangi, Batá drum, Galgo, Janggu, Jiegu, Kakko, Ōtsuzumi, Talking drum and Tsuzumi be merged into this article or section. (Discuss) |
Hourglass drums are a class of membranophone, or drum, characterized by an hourglass shape. They are also known as waisted drums. Drumheads are attached by laces, which may be squeezed during a performance to alter the pitch. The category also includes pellet drums such as the damaru, although not all pellet drums are hourglass shaped (such as the Korean do, nodo, noedo, and yeongdo, which are barrel shaped).
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