A membranophone is any musical instrument which produces sound primarily by way of a vibrating stretched membrane. It is one of the four main divisions...

percussion instruments may belong to the organological classes of idiophone, membranophone, aerophone and chordophone. The percussion section of an orchestra most...

zerbaghali; Egyptian Arabic: دربوكة / Romanized: darbuka) is a single-head membranophone with a goblet-shaped body. It is most commonly used in the traditional...

Hornbostel–Sachs as struck or friction idiophones, struck or friction membranophones or struck chordophones. Where an instrument meets this definition but...

This is a list of membranophones used in the Caribbean music area, including the islands of the Caribbean Sea, as well as the musics of Guyana, Suriname...

actually designates two rather different instruments, a membranophone and an idiophone. The membranophone fish drum is the symbol of Elder Zhang Guo, one of...

is a membranophone without a snare. There are several types of tenor drums. Early music tenor drums, or long drums, are cylindrical membranophone without...

The Hornbostel-Sachs system of musical instrument classification groups all instruments in which sound is produced primarily through a vibrating membrane...

Latin percussion is a family of percussion, membranophone, lamellophone and idiophone instruments used in Latin music. Trap drums Abakua and Arará drums...

player vocalizes into it. It is a type of mirliton (which itself is a membranophone), one of a class of instruments which modifies its player's voice by...

silt drum Agida membranophones 201.212 Suriname percussion bass drum Alfaia membranophones 211.212.1 Brazil percussion Apinti membranophones 211.212 Suriname...

Pandeiro Percussion instrument Classification Frame drum Hornbostel–Sachs classification 211.311 (Directly struck membranophone)...

categories: chordophones (string instruments), aerophones (wind instruments), membranophones (drums) and idiophones (non-drum percussion instruments). Chikara Dhantara...

are commonly grouped into four categories: aerophones, chordophones, membranophones, and idiophones. Bulungudyong – vertical flute (Pinatubo Ayta) Diwas...

The garifuna drum is a membranophone percussion instrument from the Garifuna culture in Belize, Guatemala and Honduras. The garifuna drums play a very...

The boobam is a percussion instrument of the membranophone family consisting of an array of tubes with membranes stretched on one end, the other end open...

instruments. In the Hornbostel-Sachs classification system, it is a membranophone. Drums consist of at least one membrane, called a drumhead or drum skin...

orally and by practical teaching. The "dhak" (Bengali: ঢাক) is a huge membranophone instrument from India. The shapes differ from almost cylindrical to...

frequency of the oral cavity. This was the inspiration for the kazoo, a membranophone. The comb is also a lamellophone. Comb teeth have harmonic qualities...

The timbau or Brazilian timbal is a membranophone instrument derived from the caxambu drum, usually played with both hands. Slightly conical and of varying...

instrument Other names Davul, tapan, tabl Classification Percussion instrument (membranophone) Playing range Rope tensioned Sound sample Davul drum file help...

Military drums or war drums are all kinds of drums and membranophones that have been used for martial music, including military communications, as well...

Bendir A bendir with snares Hornbostel–Sachs classification 211.3 (Membranophone)...

lute chordophone with one to five strings. The wooden body (soundbox) membranophone of the instrument is oval-shaped and covered with the hide of cattle...

finger or wrist motion, can be isolated as needed. It is widely used on membranophone instruments (drums). Single-beater grips are common for: Gongs Triangle...

Ethiopian music is a term that can mean any music of Ethiopian origin, however, often it is applied to a genre, a distinct modal system that is pentatonic...

Traditional Japanese music is the folk or traditional music of Japan. Japan's Ministry of Education classifies hōgaku (邦楽, lit. 'Japanese music') as a...

Kanjira Percussion instrument Other names ganjira Classification Frame drum Hornbostel–Sachs classification 211.311 (Directly struck membranophone)...

the Kham is a percussive instrument because it is a member of the membranophone family. The Madal/Kham lacks the mouthpiece and reed that are often...

and Cuban music Bembe (West African drumming), in Yoruba music Bembe (membranophone), a Trinidadian drum more commonly known as "bemba" Bembé (album), by...