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	Slit Drums
		Slit drums are found in Asia, the Americas, Africa, and Oceania.
		Slit drums are frequently ritual instruments that are regarded as possessing magical attributes and are often associated with water and with death and resurrection.
		Two smaller, Chinese offshoots of the slit drum are the wood block and the wooden fish (Chinese mu yü; also known as temple block), carved in the shape of a mythical fish and lacquered red.
	www.pnc.com.au /~helix/posters/slit.htm (1515 words)

	PAS.org: Museum
		Drums carved from a solid piece of wood, with a hollowed out center, are found as indigenous instruments throughout most of the world.
		Slit drums were often associated with ritual or dance in early cultures, and could also be used as a means of communication.
		These log drums vary in size, as well as number of players, and are usually placed in a horizontal position for performance, although they may be found elevated at one end, stood vertically, or suspended by ropes or chains.
	www.pas.org /Museum/tour/0404.cfm (385 words)

	Drum Folklore
		Thieves have been drummed to their hanging; the roll of the military drum in European armies beats a cheat or a disgraced officer out of camp and out of the regiment; and drumfire prefaces the volley of the firing squad when a spy or traitor stands with his back to the wall.
		When forbidden to drum, as they were in Louisiana in 1740, they pounded the wooden floors of their shacks with their feet in the intricate drummed and shuffled rhythms essential to their religious ceremonies.
		The drum was paired with fife or bugle as the visual and aural motif of war, of military glitter and discipline.
	www.everybodydrum.com /drum/folklore.html (3582 words)

	Drum Journey - Chris Bittner Article - Slit Drums
		Slit drums are a fascinating and ancient percussion instrument, common to cultures around the world.
		The basic design of a slit drum is quite simple; a section of log or tree branch with a long slit carved along its length, through which the middle of the log is hollowed out.
		At the ends of the slit on the top of the drum were fair sized squarish holes the probably serve to enhance resonance as well as giving the carver greater access for the hollowing process.
	www.drumjourney.com /articles/cbittner2.htm (1461 words)

	Home Page logdrumsales
		A skinless drum fashioned from a single piece of trunk or branch, hollowed through a lengthwise slit.
		The tuning is determined by the volume of the interior cavity, slit length, and wall thickness.
		The two sides of a drum are typically tuned to an interval of 3 to 7 semitones, as desired by the customer.
	www.logdrumsales.com /default.asp (146 words)

	African Drums Exhibit
		Slit drums, with hollow chambers and long narrow openings that resonate when struck, often take a human or animal form in which the drum becomes the body.
		We have one massive slit drum used primarily as a signal gong to alert, assemble or inform the population.
		Talking drums are smaller and quieter then the Djembes, and get their name from the tonal range (voices) with which it can speak by squeezing and releasing the vertical strings to tighten and loosen the heads.
	www.hamillgallery.com /EXHIBITIONS/AfricanDrums.html (522 words)

	PNG Handcraft Exports - DRUMS
		The hand drum or kundu is the pillar of musical performances or "sing sings" and there are hundreds of different varieties based on a common design: a hollowed-out log fashioned into an hourglass shape, with a reptile skin stretched over one end as the resonant membrane.
		The reptile skin (usually goanna or crocodile) is softened in water, stretched over the mouth of the drum and glued in place with tree sap, then bound firmly at the rim with cane.
		Slit gong drums known as garamuts (left) are made of hollowed logs or tree trunks slit longitudinally along one side and beaten with sticks.
	pnghandcrafts.8k.com /g-drums.html (435 words)

	Collins Rhythmcraft - Drums
		The Slit Drum is one of the world's oldest known instruments.
		Slit drums also had a wide variety of functions within different cultures from story telling to beating out war cries over long distances.
		A Slit Drum's tone is determined by the size of the drum body and its tonal scale.
	kalimbas.com /drums.htm (1107 words)

	Message Drums
		A long slit would be cut in the side of the log, and the log would be hollowed out through the slit, leaving wooden ledges, or lips, on each side of the slit.
		If they wanted the drum to be able to make a lower note and a higher note, they would hollow it out more under one lip than under the other.
		A wooden "tongue drum" is ideal, since this is basically a small box version of a slit gong, but any drums that can produce two or three different pitches (a set of bongos for example) will do.
	cnx.org /content/m11422/latest (1247 words)

	Drum (communication) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The drum heads at either end of the drum's wooden body are made from hide, fish-skin or other membranes which are wrapped around a wooden hoop.
		Leather cords or thongs run the length of the drum's body and are wrapped around both hoops; when these cords are squeezed under the drummers arm, the drum heads tighten, changing the instrument's pitch.
		Message drums, or more properly slit gongs, with hollow chambers and long narrow openings that resonate when struck, are larger all wood instruments hollowed out from a single log.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Jungle_drums (1109 words)

	Drums (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		This hand held drum is a derivative of the massive slit drum of the IGBO people of Nigeria.
		Similar to the hand held wood Ekwe, this drum is made from forged steel and is characterized as a tenor within the family of slit drums.
		Djembes drums are made in different sizes and the bass stroke produced from Djembe drums plays an importnat technical role in djembe music.
	www.afrorhythms.com /store_drums.asp?q (666 words)

	Drums (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		The drum head is made from genuine goat or cow hide and can be played with your hand or miniature mallets for special effects.
		The Obele is the smallest of the traditional UDU drums.
		The traditional bata drums are a set of three double headed, hourglass shaped drums, that was brought by Nigerian slaves to the New World.
	www.afrorhythms.com /store_drums.asp (1061 words)

	Mariposa Museum & World Culture Center, Peterborough NH
		Drums are examples of membranophones, and cultures from all over the world have created different types of drums.
		Drums have been created by people for thousands of years, and have been used for many purposes.
		Slit Drums were made from hallowed trees or bamboo like this one from Mexico, with slits on the surface of the drum, to create two or more notes.
	www.mariposamuseum.org /instruments05.html (582 words)

	The Rhythm Hunters - Types of drums
		Drums come in a multitude of shapes & sizes including one ended, double ended, frame drums, slit drums, log drums, tuned drums, metal drums, kettle drums & talking drums to name but a few.
		Taiko has come to mean Japanese festival drums but the correct term for this kind of drumming is Wadaiko.
		Temple String Drums – Used for prayer and meditation in Asian monasteries.
	www.therhythmhunters.com /classes/typesofdrums.htm (564 words)

	Slit Drum on Exhibit at the National Music Museum
		Close-up of Slit Drum from Ambrym Island in the South Pacific
		Close-up of the head of a nine-foot-tall slit drum from Ambrym Island in the South Pacific.
		The pig is then sacrificed, a feast is held, and the vertical slit drums, carved in secrecy, are erected and played for dancing.
	www.usd.edu /smm/slitdrum.html (129 words)

	Harmony Central: Drums: Manufacturers
		Drum Village - Drumsticks and handmade snare drums.
		Drum Solo - Exotic and domestic hardwood snare drums.
		Morgan Drums - Ashikos, djembes, djun djuns, and congas.
	www.harmony-central.com /Drums/manufact.html (3006 words)

	Drums & Demonstrations
		Drumming at demonstrations is as simple as getting a couple of drummers to find a song with a nice beat and practicing the different parts.
		Also, drumming for demonstrations generally means maximizing the volume in order to disrupt an event or reach a large crowd, but for the people right next to the drums, the noise can cause physical pain and permanent hearing damage.
		Drums should be checked and tuned and everyone should have a rough outline of what they want to accomplish.
	www.puppetista.org /drums/index.html (6828 words)

	HMT Catalog: Cajon, Monkey Drums, Udu Drums, Tongue Drums, Steel Drums
		The drum head is made from genuine goat or cow hide and can be played with a hand or mallet for special effects.
		The slit drum is a similar log drum of African origin.
		Other tongue or slit drums, both untuned and tuned, rustic and finished, are available from time to time.
	www.hmtrad.com /catalog/percussion/otherdrums.html (465 words)

	History of the tabla
		The most ancient Vedic literature describes drums covered with the skins of wild animals, large earthen drums, and the role of the drums in various rituals.
		The bhumi-dundubhi, a giant earth drum, consisting of a hallow pit covered with skin, struck by legs of wood, signaled danger or approaching enemies with its thunderous and deep resonating pitch.
		This drum is found among the Santals, Oraons, Baigans, and Ghasias (all the non-Aryan people of the central Indian belt).
	www.tabla.com /tablahs1.html (1123 words)

	Talking Drums
		There are hundreds of different types of drums, in all shapes and sizes, and they are found in countries all over the world.
		A slit drum is a type of drum that has existed for hundreds of years.
		Wooden slit drums are made from a length of wood hollowed out through a slit on one side.
	www.springwatermusic.com /bookseducation/drums.htm (470 words)

	Drum Journey: Homemade Drums and Percussion Instruments
		For the rest, or for new drum builders, here is a detailed guide with photos to help you get your head back on the drum and back into the rhythm of things.
		The Steel Drum, or Pan, is the newest instrument in the world, having its origins in the late 1930's.
		These drums are made from SonoTubes, a brand of heavy cardboard tubes that are used in the construction world to pour concrete columns, and are headed with synthetic material.
	www.drumjourney.com /world/make/make.htm (2271 words)

	Drums and Percussion from around the World from Carousel Publications (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		India: tabla, dholak, dhol, monkey drum, nakari,doumbek, castanets, geeka, kabbas, sistrum, khartals, tal and duff drums.
		Nepal and Tibet: mahdal, ocean or pellet drum, shaman drum, damarus, and ghurka drum.
		Today, in schools, through drumming circles and holistic healing, we are exploring music in a way which includes these various cultures and are finding our way to a more global view of music itself.
	www.carousel-music.com /drums.html (188 words)

	African Drums and Percussion including: Djembe, Talking Drum, Thumb Piano and more (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		The drums and rhythms of Africa are a significant part of the African heritage.
		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 diameter of the drum heads are almost 10 3/4" and the body 15" tall.
	www.carousel-music.com /nf/africanf.html (1422 words)

	High Energy Drums e-Books
		High Energy Drums' ebooks on making ethnic percussion instruments are based on 15 years making gourd and Native American Style stave drums and other ethnic instruments, 30 years writing and teaching at colleges and universities, and 40 years woodworking.
		Tongue drums are also known as xylodrums, slit drums, log drums, ozi boxes, and peponaztli.
		An oak stave drum will outlive us all, and you'll be helping reduce the millions of pallets that end up in landfills each year.
	highenergydrums.com (729 words)

	audioMIDI.com - Zero-G - Sounds Of Polynesia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		Manus drumming is usually structured in small rhythmic phrases often in 3 or 5 that are strung together to form a medley.
		In the past after the drum had been carved they are soaked in the mud of the taro patch for a period of a few months or in diesel fuel for a period of a few weeks.
		The oldest log drums in the Cook Islands the Ka'ara were found in Mangaia in the south where there still remains much archaeological evidence of the ancient spiritual beliefs of the Cook Islands.
	www.audiomidi.com /Sounds-Of-Polynesia-P4828.aspx (2469 words)

	African Drums, African Drum, Djun-Djun, Talking Drum and more - African Treasures
		With the exception of the American made Ashikos and Tongue drums, every one of our drums are hand made by drummers in various countries in Africa.
		None of these drums are "mock ups" made in Indonesia or other countries by non-drumming factory workers.
		Whether it be to entertain yourself, to include in your drumming circles and band, or provide music for ethnic dancing, you're sure to find an authentic African drum in our selection that has what it takes.
	www.africantreasures.com /drums/drums.asp (170 words)

	Log Drums - slit log drums, wooden beaters, african percussion hand instruments (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		The edges of this slit are of unequal thickness and produce two sounds of different pitch when struck.
		This type of instrument is known virtually all over the world: in New Hebrides, a slit drum of impressive size, standing upright like a real "tree drum," is found in many regions.
		The wooden Linga of the Banda-Linda people of Central Africa are big-bellied drums, set on four feet, of a shape not unlike that of the buffalo.
	www.heritageethnicmusic.com /site/607029/page/277642 (255 words)

	Suzuki Educational Instruments (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		Today's slit log drums are based on ancient designs, but are uniquely crafted to resonate more fully.
		Our new slit drums have beautiful tone quality due to their precise manufacture and exotic wood construction.
		All drum tops are made from African Paduak hardwood for exceptional resonation.
	www.suzukimusic.com /education/pages/slitlog.html (118 words)

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