Instruments

🥁Drums & Membrane Instruments

Membranophones

Hundreds of types across every continent

Instruments that produce sound by a vibrating stretched membrane (skin or synthetic). The membrane is typically struck, but can also be rubbed or driven by sound waves.

Source: Wikipedia

💡The oldest known drums are from around 5500 BCE in China, made from alligator skins stretched over clay vessels.

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🥁 timpani 🪘 tabla 🪘 talking drum 🥁 bass drum 🥁 snare drum 🥁 tom-tom 🥁 tenor drum 🪘 djembe 🪘 doumbek 🪘 tambourine 🪘 bodhran 🪘 bongos 🪘 congas 🥁 taiko 🪘 cajon 🥁 cuica 🎶 kazoo

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