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	Hand drum - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		A hand drum is any type of drum that is typically played by striking it 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 a shallow, cylindrical shell with a drumhead attached to one of the open ends.
		The most common African drum known to westerners is the djembe, a large, single-headed drum with an hourglass shape.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Hand_drum (143 words)

	THE HEALING DRUM-Hawaiian Islands
		Some of the psychological applications in which hand drums are being used include assisting veterans to release the emotional pain of post-traumatic stress disorder, releasing the pent-up anger and negative emotions of "at-risk" adolescents, and promoting health in corporate executives through releasing their day-to-day stress.
		In the medical field, the hand drum is being used to help Alzheimer's patients improve their short-term memory and increase social interaction and to help autistic children increase their attention spans.
		Drumming creates an island in time, where all else is shut out except the rhythms that issue forth from your fingertips at your pace, expressing your feelings at that present moment.
	www.islandrhythms.org /drum/healingdrums.html (1430 words)

	Goblet drum - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The goblet drum is a goblet shaped hand drum used in Arab music, Persian music, Balkan music, Jewish music and Turkish music.
		Goblet drums are played with a much lighter touch and quite different strokes (sometimes including rolls or quick rhythms articulated with the fingertips) than hand drums such as the djembe, found in Africa.
		Hand clapping and hitting the sides of the drum can be used in addition to drumhead sounds.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Goblet_drum (558 words)

	Drum Encyclopedia - Bada to Bianzhong
		The smallest drum is the Okonkolo, the middle drum is the Itolele, and the largest drum is the Iya.
		The skins are tacked on the the drum shell and are tuned with heat.
		In the plucking hand is a shaker and a small stone.
	www.thedrummerslounge.com /Encyclopedia_B_Instruments_1.htm (302 words)

	Halfbakery: electronic hand drum
		Regular hand drums are nice and portable and expressive, but somewhat limited in terms of sound.
		When you say "Isn't the drum pretty much good?", I think of a guy who is used to banging two rocks together, reacting to the invention of drums with skins.
		An electronic hand drum won't have the infanit amout of input data but a good engin can have an infanit way of responding to the data, modeling somthing more or less real if you want, or somthing never heard before.
	www.halfbakery.com /idea/electronic_20hand_20drum (967 words)

	Drums at The Pathway TSF
		These drums are normally played by holding under one arm while tapping the edge and center with the fingers.
		This is the drum that is used with belly dancing.
		These traditional hand drums of West Africa are made of wood with goat-skin heads.
	www.thepathway.com /Drum.htm (246 words)

	Djembes, Doumbeks, Talking Drums, Tablas and Hand Percussion from Carousel
		Talking Drum is a two headed wooden drum with loose-fitting lacings connecting the two heads.
		The player plays the drum with a stick and at the same time, squeezes the lacings under his arm, thus creating variations in pitch.
		The set includes two drums, each tuned to a different pitch; the bayan (or doogi)), played with the left hand, is a kettledrum made of brass.
	members.aol.com /DrumsWorld (942 words)

	Native American Drums: Hand drums, Powwow drums (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Our drums are famous as "scratch drums" used by Northern tribes, where you use your thumb to stop the reverberation and create a unique drumbeat.
		With painted drums, the unpainted side is played and the drum can be stood on end to display the artwork when not in use.
		Most hand drums can be painted for $250 or less, depending on what you wish to be included in your personal painting.
	www.earthshadowdesign.com /pages/927361 (1291 words)

	Everyone's Drumming \| Hand Drum Mounting System (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		This is the drum I had made to be a bus drum.
		This woodtop Djembe Cajon is handcrafted in Putney, VT by Everyone's Drumming using Vermont Maple for the shell and 5 ply high quality birch for the head.
		A carrying handle is hand woven around the center of the drum.
	www.everyonesdrumming.com /Matt_Abts_SigSeries.html (189 words)

	DRUM TIPS - 1000's of DRUM TIPS for drums, drumset and percussion. Drum Set Tips, Percussion Tips, Drum Tuning, ...
		Be sure to include such things as extra drum heads, drum sticks, mics and mic cables, etc. This list will help you to never have one of those gut-wrenching moments when you realize you left something at home 2 hours away.
		Drum Tuning Tip: For a quick muffle ring, cut out the outer edge of an old snare head and place it on the snare drum to kill some of the overring.
		Creeping bass drums 101: Methods used to stop creeping bass drums on drumsets have included (but are not limited to) tying a rubber band from the bass drum pedal to the stool, using carpet, buying the "bass drum stop-creeping thingy" that they've been selling in drum shops for years, sharpening the spikes, and more.
	www.drumtips.com (8796 words)

	Drum Pumps
		Double-action piston drum pumps are self priming, delivering on both the forward and the back stroke.
		Each Morse 26, 27, 28 Series Drum Pump for 55-gallon drum or barrel is made in the same style and has the same action.
		Drum pumps differ in their materials of construction, consisting of specific polymers and elastomers for resistance to certain types of chemicals (see drum pump chart).
	www.morsemfgco.com /products/drum-pumps.htm (357 words)

	Everyone's Drumming \| Hand Drum Mounting System (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		First tune drum on 4 sides opposite each other, then tune ones between until you have evenly tuned the drum pushing down on all balls.
		Whilst maintaining the traditional look of a West African rope-tuned hand drum, cinch tuning provides the fastest means to tune these drums, faster than anything presently used on any percussion instrument on the market.
		We are convinced that once this is widely advertised hand drummers will scramble to own instruments with cinch tuning.
	www.everyonesdrumming.com /cinch_tuning.html (246 words)

	Drums - DRUM LESSONS / DRUM TABS - Drums: Over 500 Free Drum Lessons and DrumTabs! #1 Drums and Percussion Music ...
		This drums database is a music compilation (directory, portal, collection, catalog, etc.) and a great education lesson plans resource for teachers and band directors.
		The snare drum plays 16ths while the drums are accented by the hands and kick drum.
		The one handed triplet, 16th notes with one hand and hand to hand flams.
	drumbum.com /lessons (2996 words)

	Playing the Glastonbury Drum
		The base of the drum will balance fairly well in the palm of your hand, or in the first joints of the fingers, depending upon the relative sizes/shapes of drum and hand.
		The striking hand is positioned with the palm facing the striking surface, fingers together, and the thumb spread out from the fingers.
		He sits with knees together, sets the drum with the striking surface vertical, and the alignment of the long dimension parallel to the legs, thus allowing the drum to sit in the valley between the thighs.
	www.psaltoftheearth.com /playing_the_glast.htm (2193 words)

	African Djembe Hand Drum Repair Tuning Skin Los Angeles California
		If you have a drum with a broken skin head we will be happy to give you a quote on fixing it.
		We look at the structural integrity of your drum, wood density and thickness, the cut of the body and shape of the edges, ring size and fit, and the tuning qualities.
		We are able to fix cracks or replace whole sections of a wood drum body, fix or replace tuning systems, carve wood shells to a smooth and even thickness and help you determine what thickness and type of skin will produce the sound you want.
	www.motherlandmusic.com /repair.htm (816 words)

	RHYTHM: The Drum Club.
		From the website: "One Drum is an eclectic multi-cultural ensemble which performs songs, stories & dances rooted in the cultures of Africa, the Caribbean, Australia, the Middle East & the Americas." Website has information on the band, including tour dates and audio clips.
		A "guide to community and world hand drumming." The site has an extensive listing of drum circles around the U.S. (and the world), as well as a nice collection of articles on all things drum-related.
		Among their more unique offerings are the hand drum set and the djembe and bongo cajons.
	www.drumallnight.com /links.php (733 words)

	AllaKhazam's Magical Realm - Your Everquest Community (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		If so its a great drum then, the ones I have now at lvl 18 are all secondary only.
		The Hand Drum I tried today lists only SECONDARY on inspection and would only equip in that slot (on a Bard with dual-wield; an ability which really only effects weapons but thought it worth mentioning).
		I cannot get the hand drum to equip in the second slot if I have a 1H weapon equipped in first slot.
	everquest.allakhazam.com /db/item.html?item=2462 (407 words)

	NOVICA - Mate gourd hand drum, 'Huancayo'
		Transformed into a traditional tamborina, or hand-held drum, it is superbly hand-crafted by Juan LeÃ³n Ponce.
		Because each drum is an individual work of art, the shape, tone and motifs can vary slightly.
		Their instruments were played by a number of musical groups in traditional fiestas and celebrations.
	www.novica.com /itemdetail/index.cfm?pid=84550 (173 words)

	DJEMBE-L FAQ Hand Drum Notation Systems (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		If you are considering becoming a student be aware that your teacher may not even approve of the idea and refuse to discuss it in any meaningful way, preferring instead to concentrate on teaching you to feel the rhythm, not read it from a piece of paper.
		Each uses graphic symbols, most distinguish which drum sound is correct for it's place in the rhythm and each attempts to structure the sequence of sounds in relationship to one another.
		In his own words, from the Foreword to his Drums of Passion Songbook, (copyright 1993) he asserts, " This method is the simplest, easiest, and fastest way to learn hand drumming.
	djembelfaq.drums.org /v5d.htm (4062 words)

	Free Online Djembe Drum Lessons
		Drumming Music Notation - Hand Drum Lessons with Easy Rhythm Instruction for African Drumming Music, Latin Drumming and other Hand Drum Rhythms.
		Though the majority of the rhythms displayed here will show leading with the left hand, the handing can be reversed.
		The consistent left-right alternation of hands is important to help regulate the timing especially when playing fast.
	www.alternativeculture.com /music/rhythm.htm (976 words)

	The Djembe Hand Drum (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The djembe is a goblet drum made in North Africa or the Middle East out of clay, wood or metal.
		The head of the drum (or skin) is usually made from animal skins, but today is commonly made with thin plastic which gives it a solid "smack" sound.
		These popular drums are a favorite used by many musicians.
	www.kidzworld.com /site/p166.htm (161 words)

	DRUM RHYTHM-Hawaiian Islands (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Rhythmic drumming and singing are the basis for many ancient and modern healing techniques.
		The drum provides us with an ancient form of communication, one that does not rely on the articulation of words, but one that uses a more basic language, our emotions expressed through sound.
		The drum seems to awaken the recognition of a spirit within.
	www.islandrhythms.org /drum/rhythm.html (501 words)

	Hand Drumming & Dance Calendar and Resource Guide - St. Louis Region
		Hand drumming and related dancing events, classes, shops, teachers, and drum circles in St. Louis, Missouri and surrounding areas.
		African drumming is frequent at MUDAPO and Open Mike Night on Wednesdays at 9pm, and there are frequent musical events with African drumming and dance.
		Morgan Drums Morgan has been making drums for ten years, and is now using old-growth timber which has been found preserved at the bottom of Lake Superior.
	walden.mo.net /~tjc/drum/drum.html (2729 words)

	Djembe and Dunun Rhythms Notation and Hand Drum Lesson Book
		Or you've taken a few hand drum lessons or workshops and now need more patterns and exercises to keep you practicing.
		Maybe what you need is a handy reference for playing African drums or African-based drum beats which you can adapt and apply creatively to the kit drum components of your choice.
		is a compilation of hand drum rhythms that is well presented, with an easy-to-understand-and-use notation that appears to be gaining some acceptance as a standard for hand-drum rhythm notation.
	www.djemberhythms.com /roots.htm (953 words)

	INTERWORLD MUSIC: HAND DRUM VIDEOS (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Have Fun Playing Hand Drums Series Steps 1 and 2, with Brad Dutz and friends playing Bongos, Congas, and Djembes - A video series for all ages (7 and up).
		The Drum Along Drum Circle Video, an irresistible group of authentic, extended, drum circle rhythms designed especially for your play-along pleasure.
		The Art and Joy of Hand Drums by John Bergamo - The classic how-to hand drumming method on a variety of drums in a variety of styles.
	www.interworldmusic.com /video.html (480 words)

	Drum Rhythms Live Audio Sound
		If the rhythm notation used here is unfamiliar to you, then you'll probably want to get started with some basic rhythms and pre-recorded drum beats.
		Many of these rhythms are taken from the 80-page collection of rhythms for hand drum and percussion, Roots Jam.
		Midi drum map for numbers to use (best results with #35-76).
	www.alternativeculture.com /music/sound.htm (308 words)

	Pung - Indian Hand Drum
		by David Courtney, Ph.D. Pung is a drum from the north-east Indian state of Manipur.
		Another difference is that the khol has a greater girth while the pung is more cylindrical.
		It is said that it was introduced into the area by king Khuyoi Tompok in the year 154 AD.
	chandrakantha.com /articles/indian_music/pung.html (205 words)

	Dholak - North Indian Hand Drum
		It is barrel shaped with a simple membrane on the right hand side.
		The left hand is also a single membrane with a special application on the inner surface.
		This application is a mixture of tar, clay and sand (dholak masala) which lowers the pitch and provides a well defined tone.
	chandrakantha.com /articles/indian_music/dholak.html (228 words)

	FindArticles search for "hand drum"
		Sydney Drum's new multipanel paintings are methodical in structure.
		Originally designed to be a cross between a snare drum and a hand drum, the Mondo Snare drum is back by popular demand, looking and sounding better than ever.
		One of the architects of the "Salsa Explosion of the 1970s" in New York City, Ray Barretto is one of the original Latin legends of this music,...
	www.findarticles.com /p/search?qt=hand+drum&qf=m0PCA (878 words)

	Tabla, Indian Percussion, tabla, Bayan, Mridang, hand drums, drum repairs, (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		consists of two drums; a tabla (a treble right hand drum), and a baya (bass left hand drum).
		It is the commonly used drum in ashrams for accompanying chanting.
		It is a classical drum for accompanying druphad vocal music.
	www.silverbushmusic.com /indiapercus.html (416 words)

	Remo Kids Hand Drum with Mallet - zZounds.com
		This bright, attractive hand drum features the same engaging pattern featured on the rest of the award-winning Kids Percussion collection.
		Remo Kids Worldwide is a collection of instruments specially designed for smaller hands without sacrificing the quality, authenticity, and attention to detail that have made Remo a leader in professional and personal percussion since 1957.
		Each Kids Percussion drum is made using the same Acousticon shell material and FiberSkyn 3 drumheads as are used in many of Remo’s World Percussion drums.
	www.zzounds.com /item--REMKD010801 (332 words)

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