A drum is a musical instrument in the percussion family , technically classified as a membranophone. Drums consist of at least one membrane, called a drumhead or drumskin, that is stretched over a shell and struck, either directly with parts of a player's body, or with some sort of implement such as a drumstick, to produce sound. Drums are among the world's oldest and most ubiquitous musical instruments, and the basic design has been ...
Some examples of drums from different origins.
Drum - Latin and Brazilian.
bongo drum
conga drums
surdo
steel drum - not a membranophone, but referred to as a drum
tan-tan
timbales
Drum - Indian.
mirdanga
dholak
khol
tabla
Drum - Western.
basler drum
bass drum
Lambeg drum
octoban
snare drum
tabor
tenor drum
timpani (kettledrum< ...
