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    A slit drum or slit gong is a hollow percussion instrument. In spite of its often being called a drum, it is not a true drum because it lacks a drumhead...
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    A steel tongue drum, tank drum, or hank drum is a round steel slit/tongue drum in the idiophone family originally fashioned from a propane cylinder. A...
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    In Vanuatu, a slit drum is a musical instrument that is traditionally played by men of high rank. In most islands of Vanuatu, the drum has little to no...
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    two horizontal slits are carved into the base as well as a narrow slit connecting the two. This drum is played using a "naked" wooden drum stick to strike...
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    Ceremonial drums are membranophones and idiophonic slit drums, which are played in a ritual context cult, religious or ceremonial social occasions by indigenous...
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    phrases; the drum language is understood only to the level of each person's immediate concern. Communication Drum Gong Slit drum Talking drum Whistled language...
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    African slit drum, also known as a log drum as it is made from a hollowed-out tree trunk, and the Caribbean steel drum, made from a metal barrel. Drums with...
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    Woodblock (instrument) (category Musical instruments played with drum sticks)
    A woodblock (also spelled as two words, wood block) is a small slit drum made from a single piece of wood. The term generally signifies the Western orchestral...
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    Sumatra Bamboo tube-zither drum Bamboo tube-zither drum Bamboo gong or slit drum, Agung a tamlang, Philippines Indonesian slit drum Sasando tube zither Bamboo...
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    Pate (instrument) (redirect from Pate drum)
    "beat" or "clap" "pulse". It is one of many Samoan log drum variants and is of the slit drum family, and therefore is also of the idiophone percussion...
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  • Tam-Tams, a weekly drum circle held Sundays in the summer in Montreal Sekhar Tam Tam (born 1951), Indian medical doctor in Grenada Slit drum (Vanuatu) or tamtam...
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    change of drummer came a change of musical style. The Slits' originally raw, raucous and drum-dominated live sound, as captured on two Peel Sessions...
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    Bass pedals Continuum Fingerboard Croix Sonore Denis d'or Dubreq stylophone Drum machine Electric guitar Electronic keyboard Digital piano Electronic organ...
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  • wooden slit-drum that has a carved human head on its handle. It is a distinct symbol for diviners and is sat on by them. The diviners slit drum is also...
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    For example, construction of early slit drums involved felling and hollowing out large trees; later slit drums were made by opening bamboo stalks, a...
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    fala, which is a rolled-up mat beaten with sticks and several types of slit drum. Traditional Samoan musical instruments included a fala, which is a rolled-up...
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    Ekwe (category Slit drums)
    Ekwe is an Igbo traditional musical instrument. The ekwe is a slit drum with rectangular slits in the surface and a hollow interior. The ekwe is made out...
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  • by Lojay featuring Chris Brown contains the signature "log drum", also known as the slit drum and other amapiano percussive elements. South Korean girl...
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    Teponaztli (category Slit drums)
    slit drum used in central Mexico by the Aztecs and related cultures. Teponaztli are made of hollow hardwood logs, often fire-hardened. Like most slit...
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    A Lali is an idiophonic Fijian drum of the wooden slit drum type similar to the Tahitian Pate of Tahiti and Samoa found throughout Polynesia. It was an...
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    Agung a tamlang (category Slit drums)
    Philippine slit drum made of hollowed out bamboo in imitation of the real agung. Pitch is determined by the length and depth of the slit. It is used...
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    (2008). Van Zile (2001), p. 6. McGregor, Neil. "Episode 94: Sudanese Slit Drum (Transcript)". History of the World in 100 Objects. BBC Radio 4/British...
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  • the drum connects to an open resonance chamber without membrane. Another type of kettle drum was portable and held under the arm. The horizontal slit-drums...
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    shown Category:Percussion instruments Category:Membranophones Category:Drums Category:Idiophones Category:Cymbals Category:Pitched percussion instruments...
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    Marimba Orchestra bells Quadrangularis Reversum Ratchet Singing bowls Slit drum Steelpan Suspended cymbal Temple blocks Thumb piano (or Kalimba) Triangle...
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  • (Ethiopia) Slit drum (found throughout Africa) Sodina (Madagascar) Taarija (Morocco) Tadghtita (Algeria) Tanbūra (lyre) (Somalia) Tar (drum) Taralila (Madagascar)...
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  • Recording Club, a record label Woodblock (instrument), a small piece of slit drum made from one piece of wood and used as a percussion instrument "Blocks"...
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  • Ikoro (category Slit drums)
    It is a slit drum that is beaten with a stick or sticks and can be used in some parts of Igbo land for communicating, similar to a talking drum. Ikoro...
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    fatele” which has replaced the old forms. Drums were a common accompaniment in music for quite a long time. Slit gongs was also another instrument in use...
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    towering structure, topped with a small pavilion where the kulkul (Balinese slit drum) is placed. The kulkul would be sounded as an alarm during a village,...
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