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Drum typically played with bare hands
A hand drum is any type of drum that is typically played with the bare hand rather than a stick, mallet, hammer, or other type of beater. Wikipedia →
🧭 Start here: a 6-step reading path
- Read the overview: Hand drumA 5-minute orientation
- Pick up a classic book: Hand Drumming EssentialsThe most-reprinted book on the subject
- Read the landmark paper: Modes of Vibration of the Indian Drum Dugga or Left-Hand ThabalaCited 14 times
- Go sideways: Goblet drumA closely related topic
- Go sideways: TombakA closely related topic
📖 Definitions
Noun A drum (membranophone) played with the hand, as opposed to being struck with a drumstick, mallet or other object.
🗂️ The subject at a glance
🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)
Modes of Vibration of the Indian Drum Dugga or Left-Hand Thabala
Hand‐drumming to build community: The story of the Whittier Drum Project
Subjective Hand and Preference of Washed Fabrics according to Detergent of Drum Type Washer
Drum Armature for the Hand Power Dynamo
The HANG: A hand played steel drum
The Dollan: A Traditional Manx Hand-Drum
Whitman's "Strange Hand": Body as Text in Drum-Taps
A Drum in One Hand, a Sockeye in the Other by Charlotte Coté
📚 Books worth reading
Hand Drumming EssentialsC. A. Grosso · 2000
Drum and CandleDavid St Clair · 1971
BarneyHoward Brower · 2003
Hand Drums for BeginnersJohn Marshall · 2000
Hand percussionJeff Kersh · 2004- 📕A practical guide to hand drumming and drum circlesShannon Ratigan · 2009
- 📕Fast Hands on the DrumsFreddy Charles · 2017
A Drum in One Hand, a Sockeye in the OtherCharlotte Coté · 2021
Ranked by number of editions on Open Library, a rough measure of how lasting a book is.
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