🥁Beaten Drums

Struck Drums

Drums played by hitting the membrane with hands, sticks, or mallets. By far the most common type of membranophone, found in virtually every culture on Earth.

💡A snare drum gets its distinctive buzzy sound from metal wires (snares) stretched across its bottom head that vibrate against it.

15 instruments

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

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