What is a frame drum?
The frame drum is one of the most common tools around the world. It is a shallow drum, usually with a large interference surface. The diameter of the drum is usually greater than the shell depth. It is the oldest tool in the world that has been in all corners of the world for centuries. Each culture has many different versions of the frame drum, including the most famous type in the West: Tamburine.
The frame drum is one of the most versatile type of drum in the world. They can be played in the air with one hand or on the ground with both hands, between the legs like a bongo or with a mallet. It can also be played in many different styles. It can be played with fingers on short, fast tones; with thumbs in "thumb role"; with palms or hand clapping that give a louder and higher sound; Or with sticks or sticks in more recognizable Rock and Roll style. The frame drum, due to its size, off the outdated opportunity for harmonious accuracy and offers a number of sounds with a large head size.
Many frame drums are hand drums - drums of different sizes that were not hit by a mallet, but played with their hands. They are often round and, in the case of drums like tambourine, can be complemented by various rings or pieces to provide accompanying running. This type of frame drum can have one drum or two - with one side as an open face opposite the head or with the other side as another affected surface.
The traditional frame drum has a shell built from any different types of bent wood, from oak to ashes and more. These shells stretched over them and drum often made of animal skin or skin. More recently, frame drum heads and shells were made of various artificial materials.
The frame drum was developed at about the same time in many early cultures. The earliest types came from the Central East and Central Europe. Became popular in positive Latin music and were used as defiNoving sound in many sounds of the Middle East and Indian. In cases, they found their way to American popular sounds, with Tamburine serving as a percussion in the background. The frame drum also slipped into the western consciousness with pop groups and songs of the 1960s as "Mr. Tambourine Man" Bob Dylan.