Hand Percussion · Models

6 models

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  Asano Nagado-Daiko

  Hand percussion · Japan

  A nagado-daiko is hollowed from a single trunk of keyaki — sometimes a century of drying before the wood is cut — and headed with cowhide tacked down rather than tensioned, so its pitch is decided at build time and never changes.

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  Miyamoto Shime-Daiko

  Hand percussion · Japan

  The shime-daiko is small, tuned very high by rope or bolt tension, and holds the pulse an ensemble plays against. It is the one taiko whose pitch a player sets rather than inherits.

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  Miyamoto Okedo-Daiko

  Hand percussion · Japan

  An okedo-daiko is built from staves like a barrel rather than carved from a trunk, which makes it far lighter and rope-tunable — the taiko that gets carried through a festival rather than stood on a frame.

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  Asano Ō-daiko

  Hand percussion · Japan

  The ō-daiko is the largest taiko in an ensemble, often several feet across, carved from a single trunk and played standing with both arms. It is the drum a taiko performance is built around, and one instrument can take years to make.

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  Nazareth Atabaque

  Hand percussion · Brazil

  Rope-tuned with wedges driven down the sides, the atabaque comes in three tuned sizes — rum, rumpi, and lê — played together in Afro-Brazilian religious music.

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  Meinl Dunun Set

  Hand percussion · Germany

  A djembe ensemble sits on three rope-tuned bass drums — dundunba, sangban, and kenkeni — played with a stick in one hand and a bell in the other. They carry the melody of West African drumming; the djembe solos over them.