Hand Percussion · Models

3 models

• Model

  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.

• Model

  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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  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.