Hand Percussion · Models

6 models

• Model

  Cooperman Frame Drum

  Hand percussion

  Cooperman's frame drums are built with a tuning system that lets a natural head be brought back into pitch as the weather changes, which is the practical objection to skin frame drums answered.

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  Meinl Professional Djembe

  Hand percussion

  Meinl's professional djembes are carved from solid mahogany with goatskin heads and traditional rope tuning, alongside a mechanically tuned line for players who do not want to pull rope.

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  Cooperman Bodhrán

  Hand percussion

  Cooperman's bodhráns are made for players rather than for the tourist trade: goatskin heads, an internal tuning system, and depths chosen for tipper technique.

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  Gawharet El Fan Riq

  Hand percussion · Egypt

  The riq is a small frame drum with heavy paired jingles, and in Arabic classical music it is a lead instrument rather than an accompaniment — a riq player carries the rhythm and its ornament at once.

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  Bina Dholak

  Hand percussion · India

  A barrel drum played on both heads with the hands, rope- or bolt-tuned, and carried through folk music, film songs, and devotional singing across North India and Pakistan.

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  Emin Bendir

  Hand percussion · Turkey

  The bendir is a large frame drum with a gut snare stretched under the head, giving a buzz behind every stroke. It carries Sufi and Anatolian music, played upright with the fingers of both hands.