The janggu, a traditional Korean hourglass drumA West African talking drum
Hourglass drums are a sub-category of membranophone, or drum, characterized by an hourglass shape. They are also known as waisted drums. Drumheads are attached by laces, which may be squeezed during a performance to alter the pitch.
The category also includes pellet drums such as the damaru, although not all pellet drums are hourglass shaped (such as the Korean do, nodo, noedo, and yeongdo, which are barrel shaped).
Hourglass drums exists in most regions of the world, but have very different construction methods, dimensions, purposes and playing methods. The label of hourglass drum is hence as generic as the label for bowed instrument or reed instrument. Thus the designation of Hourglass drum is used as a category in general instrument construction and does not refer to any particular uniform instrument.
Hourglassdrums are a sub-category of membranophone, or drum, characterized by an hourglass shape. They are also known as waisted drums. Drumheads are...
The talking drum is an hourglass-shaped drum from West Africa, whose pitch can be regulated to mimic the tone and prosody of human speech. It has two drumheads...
drum. The damaru, which is used in Tibet, Mongolia, and India, is an hourglassdrum that is grasped by its waist with the hand twisting back and forth,...
(三絃六角), with two flutes, a haegeum, a daegeum, a janggu hourglass-drum, and a large buk drum. However, today other traditional Korean instruments such...
The drums are an ancient design of hourglassdrums similar to the northern damaru and southern idakka. Its shape is similar to other Indian hourglass drums...
large frame drum without jingles, of Persian origin Dubki, dimdi or dimri – small frame drum without jingles Kanjira – small frame drum with one jingle...
museum has more than 40,000 hours of recordings. Tri Taal, block with nested drum-heads Yakuchaa Babhu, bell Ghote, circlet of bells on a leather thong. TainNain...
of a large calabash, and the trong chau of Vietnam. Hourglassdrums (or waisted drums) are hourglass-shaped and generally two-headed. The drumheads are...
and includes at least one person playing janggu (hourglassdrum), one person playing buk (barrel drum), and one person playing jing (gong). Wind instruments...
turnbuckles systems attached to the drum body. Tsuzumi are also rope-tensioned drums, but have a distinct hourglass shape and their skins are made using...
rhythmic form is repeated with a percussion instrument such as a Janggu or hourglassdrum. There is a basic format, but there are many variations while playing...
religious functions. While the tone and articulation of this type of hourglass-shaped instrument can be finely controlled, it cannot be heard at distances...
Japan these drums are called taiko. The damaru is a small two-headed hourglassdrum that has been traditionally made from the tops of two (human) skulls...
Fontomfrom is a Bono type of hourglass-shaped drum mostly used by an ensemble of Bono people to communicate Bono monarchy royal messages in a Bono people...
appear. Changdan is usually made by Janggu, a double-headed hourglassdrum and Buk, a barrel drum. In Korea there are many variations of Changdan with each...
sometimes called seyogo (slim waist drum) is the most representative drum in traditional Korean music. It consists of an hourglass-shaped body with two heads made...
double-headed hourglass-shaped drum generally played with one stick and one hand Galgo (hangul: 갈고; hanja: 羯鼓) - Double-headed hourglass-shaped drum similar...
or tsuzumi is a hand drum of Japanese origin. It consists of a wooden body shaped like an hourglass, and it is taut, with two drum heads with cords that...
double-headed drum, which is usually held by a handle in the left hand and struck with a curved stick held in the right hand Damaru (ཌ་མ་རུ་) - small hourglass drum...
Den-den daiko (でんでん太鼓) – pellet drum, used as a children's toy Ikko – small, ornately decorated hourglass-shaped drum Kagura suzu – hand-held bell tree...
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