Models
6 models
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Asano Nagado-Daiko
The long-bodied taiko, carved from one trunk
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
The rope-tensioned taiko that keeps time
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
Stave-built and light enough to carry
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
The great drum
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
The tall hand drum of candomblé and capoeira
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
The three bass drums under a djembe ensemble
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.