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| | Drum - encyclopedia article about Drum. |
 | | It is a member of the membranophone family of musical instruments. | | | family, technically classified as a membranophone A membranophone is any musical instrument which produces sound primarily by way of a vibrating stretched membrane. | | | Percussion instruments play not only rhythm, but also melody and harmony, and percussion could also be the only category of instruments that has musical notation in all three of the traditional clefs (treble, bass and rhythm- though sometimes bass clef is simply substituted for rhythm clef). |
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http://encyclopedia.thefreedictionary.com/drum
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| | WHAT MANNER OF INSTRUMENT IS THIS? |
| | A membranophone is a class of musical percussion instrument from which sound is produced by the vibration of a membrane called a head, stretched across a resonator. | | | An idiophone is a class of musical percussion instrument made from a naturally sonorous material. | | | It is unique and may be considered to be the first truly hybrid percussion instrument invented by man. |
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http://www.ecaroh.com/pan/what_is_pan.htm
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| | Essentials of Music - Glossary |
| | The conga drum is a membranophone often used in popular music. | | | The most common Western instruments of this category belong to the percussion family (timpani, bass drum). | | | Percussion instrument consisting of tuned metal bars, usually struck with a mallet. |
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http://www.essentialsofmusic.com/glossary/m.html
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| | THE NAQARA - membranophone |
| | Naqara is the word given to a musical instrument of the membranophone family. | | | The naqara are used to play urban classical or liturgical music. | | | That is why I wanted to present a traditional percussion instrument that has been played for almost a century in Tunisia but that now risks becoming obsolete. |
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http://www.virtualmuseum.ca/Exhibitions/Instruments/Anglais/cmam_j_txt07a_en.html
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| | EVERYBODY DRUM |
| | When playing music, it's important to remember that you are not banging your instrument but making music with it... | | | It is very important to Look, Listen, and Communicate when playing in an ensemble. | | | This means is falls into the membranophone family, and can be traced back in time at least 4000 years ago. |
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http://www.everybodydrum.com/drum
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| | Percussion Encyclopedia - Membranophone |
| | They are instruments in which sound is made by the vibration of a stretched membrane or skin. | | | Mirlitons are instruments that use a vibrating membrane to modify the sound made another way. | | | The Membranophone family of instruments consists of two basic groups: drums and mirlitons. |
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http://www.thedrummerslounge.com/Encyclopedia_Membranophones_1.htm
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| | Drum -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article |
| | In the (Click link for more info and facts about Sachs-Hornbostel) Sachs-Hornbostel scheme of (Click link for more info and facts about musical instrument classification) musical instrument classification, drums belong to the (A musical percussion instrument; usually consists of a hollow cylinder with a membrane stretch across each end) membranophone class. | | | (A concave percussion instrument made from the metal top of an oil drum; has an array of flattened areas that produce different tones when struck (of Caribbean origin)) steel drum - not a membranophone, but referred to as a drum |
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http://www.absoluteastronomy.com/encyclopedia/d/dr/drum.htm
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| | U.S. Patent No. 5,606,142 - 02/25/1997 - Volpp, Steven - SHELL RESONANT MEMBRANOPHONE - AudioAnnals.Com |
| | This invention relates to an acoustical membranophone or drum which produces an audible musical sound when struck by an object such as a drum stick. | | | More particularly, this invention relates to a drum in which the tensive and compressive forces associated with tuning and mounting hardware do not restrict the free resonation of the drum shell, and to a bridge which is employed in such a drum. | | | A membranophone according to claim 3, wherein said inner end of said bridge defines an annular ledge against which an end of said annular shell abuts. |
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http://www.audioannals.com/05606142-Volpp-txt.htm
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| | Clay Vernon |
| | This paper is divided into two small sections - drum acoustics and tuning method. | | | Membranophones produce a more complex waveform than chordophones (stringed instruments) or aerophones (wind instruments). | | | But the best most can do to visualize a vibrating membranophone is to think of bouncing on a trampoline, as in figure 1. |
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http://scatcat.fhsu.edu/~crvernon/resume/tuningdrums.htm
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| | Music and Musical Instruments in the Hebrew Bible and Ancient Israel/Palestine by Theodore W. Burgh, Ph.D. |
| | Egypt developed a highly elaborate musical system and, therefore, possesses the most musical examples. | | | Idiophones are self-sounding instruments, or instruments that produce sound from the instrumentÆs material of construction. | | | This particular membranophone played a major role in the instruments used in religious performance and victorious battle celebrations (e.g., Exod. |
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http://www.bibleinterp.com/articles/Music.htm
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| | MAYAVASE.COM A Paper on Friction Drums and the Ancient Maya |
| | According to the New Grove's Dictionary of Musical Instruments (1984), the friction drum is "a membranophone sounded by friction, either direct or indirect" (v. | | | In addition to these cylindrical and bulbous "pot-bellied" paxob, we see other, more intricately-shaped membranophones from the Maya area, both taken from the archaeological record and exhibited in Pre-Contact art. | | | The most common huehuetl was a three-legged membranophone usually made from wood or clay, and possibly other materials such as gold-those made of gold were often miniature, and worn into battle. |
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http://www.mayavase.com/frictiondrum.html
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| | Arts & Crafts of Ghana |
| | It belongs to the percussion family and is classified as a membranophone. | | | Carved fro a single piece of wood, covered in skin to create the drum head. | | | All fine wood products need moisture and in the dry climate of a home or business will become dried out and may crack. |
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http://www.africaguide.com/country/ghana/shop.htm
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| | Folk music and instruments |
| | For example, see the record: The Music at the Uzbeks, AST 4001 (Library of Congress No. 70-750847) Stereo-Anthropology Record and Tape Corp. L.D. Membranophones | | | Recent (1967-68) research by ethnomusicologist Mark Slobin expands our knowledge of Afghan music, particuiarly in the north. | | | The heads are made of animal (goat) skin and are retained and tightened in a direct manner by means of continuous loops of ~ single twisted cord passing through both heads at several points on their circumferences. |
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http://www.afghanan.net/music/instruments.htm
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| | December 23, 2003 |
| | The kazoo, a simple musical instrument (membranophone) that adds tonal qualities when the player hums into it, was invented in the 19th century in Macon, Georgia by an African American named Alabama Vest, who based it on an African device called the mirliton which was used to disguise the priest's voice in ceremonies. | | | The first kazoo was manufactured to Vest's specifications by Thaddeus von Clegg, a German clockmaker in Macon. | | | For more photos, please visit My Fotolog and My FoodLog |
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http://www.funnytheworld.com/2003/Dec/24.htm
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| | Science Wire from the Exploratorium and Public Radio International |
| | Join us as we delve into the mysteries of sound. | | | This webcast will feature a Aim High student demonstrating how to make a membranophone; Exploratorium physicist Dr. Paul Doherty using ringing aluminum rods, corrugated plastic whirlies, and a slinky to model sound; and Marco Jordan, lead educator in the Exploratorium’s Outreach program, demonstrating sound science with a "whine" glass and a singing bowl. | | | Why don’t bats slam into trees as they fly? |
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http://www.exploratorium.edu/theworld/webcasts.html
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| | Membranophone - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | A membranophone is any musical instrument which produces sound primarily by way of a vibrating stretched membrane. | | | It is one of the four main divisions of instruments in the original Hornbostel-Sachs scheme of musical instrument classification, the other three being idiophone, chordophone and aerophone (a fifth class, electrophone, was added in a later revision). | | | In addition to drums, there is another kind of membranophone, called the singing membranophone, of which the best known type is the kazoo. |
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Membranophone
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| | Theremin Vox - Idiophone |
| | An idiophone is any musical instrument which creates sound primarily by way of the instrument itself vibrating, without the use of strings or membranes. | | | It is one of the four main divisions in the original Hornbostel-Sachs scheme of musical instrument classification, the others being membranophone, chordophone and aerophone (a fifth division, electrophone, was added in a later revision). |
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http://www.thereminvox.com/article/articleview/94
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| | THE TARAMBOUKE - Membranophone |
| | I learned that it is an instrument of the membranophone family and is always played together with other folk instruments. | | | It is this memory that inspired me to find out more about the Bulgarian instrument called the tarambuke. |
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http://www.virtualmuseum.ca/Exhibitions/Instruments/Anglais/lladb_j_txt07a_en.html
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| | SYNTH SECRETS |
| | Enlightening though the process of synthesizing timpani is, I realise that you're more likely to be interested in synthesizing the types of drums used in modern music -- bass drums, snare drums, and toms -- all of which fall into the subset of unpitched membranophones. | | | Welcome to the world of the unpitched membranophones. | | | Two months ago, I introduced into Synth Secrets the idea of membranophones, the family of instruments that includes all the common drums, and analysed the sonic characteristics of the pitched subset of that family. |
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http://www.soundonsound.com/sos/jan02/articles/synthsecrets0102.asp
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| | Exploring Africa -> Teachers -> Curriculum-> African Music-> Activity Two: Explore |
| | Membranophone: This class of instruments is characterized by the sound coming from a membrane (made of plastic, paper, or skin) that is stretched over the body of the instrument. | | | The instruments that we show in this section are not all of the instruments of Africa, just ones that are used for more traditional purposes. | | | It is classified as an idiophone because it is completely one piece of wood and it is struck to make its sound. |
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http://exploringafrica.matrix.msu.edu/Live_site/curriculum/lm13/acttwo.html
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| | Instrumentos Tradicionales Ibéricos |
| | It also has a system of strings for to tighten that skins and a fine cord in contact with the back skin -bordón - that enhances the sound with it vibration. | | | Hit membranophone, it consists of two skin wings in the ends of its wooden cylindrical body. |
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http://www.tamborileros.com/tradiberia/e_membran.htm
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| | The history of the drum |
| | While most people may think that a sound is produced in the body of the drum, sound is actually produced by the membrane and its vibration. | | | A drum is a membranophone, or an instrument that is played by beating on a stretched membrane. | | | Read this article to learn of the history and structure of the drum. |
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http://oror.essortment.com/historyofthed_rjgo.htm
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| | NY Phil - Activities for Kids - Make Instruments - explore your voice |
| | Sure, the voice is an aerophone - an instrument in which air vibrates, but it is also a membranophone, because of the vibrating vocal cords. | | | To understand what kind of instrument the voice is we have to take a look at how your body is put together - something called anatomy. | | | Membranophones - instruments that work with thin stretched skins, like drums |
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http://www.nyphilkids.org/lab/make_voice2.html
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| | The Percussion Family |
| | The bass drum is a large membranophone of indefinite pitch that is played with a soft-headed stick; it produces a low, heavy sound that is heard prominently in this march. | | | In this example, the snare drum plays an insistent dance rhythm against the smooth melody. | | | Cymbals are two circular brass plates of equal size, which when struck together produce a shattering sound, as heard in this example. |
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http://www.wwnorton.com/enj/index/materials/percussion.htm
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| | History of the UDU Drum |
| | Thus, the drum is part idiophone and part aerophone, and,no part membranophone. | | | The sound is oneof deep air resonance articulated by quick, bright percussion, at timeslight and bubbly and at times profound. | | | Playing technique for the traditionaldrum varies considerably from one region to another and one player to another,but basic technique incorporates drumming on the side hole while selectivelyopening and closing the top hole to modulate the air chamber resonance withthe other hand. |
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http://www.udu.com/udu_html/uduhis.html
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| | Classical Instruments Souk |
| | One of the most commonly played of the percussion instruments, the Dumbek is a membranophone of goat or fish skin stretched over a vase-shaped drum with a wide neck. | | | Usually made of earthenware or metal, it is placed either under the left arm or between the legs and struck in the middle for the strong beats and on the edge for the sharp in-between beats. | | | The Dumbek is a small hand-drum also known as the durbakke or tablah. |
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http://www.angelfire.com/sd2/cairosouk/gallery1.html
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| | Glossary of Musical Terms |
| | Idiophone: Sound produced by a resonant solid material. | | | Membranophone: Sound produced from a flexible stretched membrane. | | | Aerophone: Sound produced by a vibrating column of air. |
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http://www.ethnomusic.ucla.edu/courses/236a/glossary_of_musical_terms.htm
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| | Resources |
| | Maybe even the name of a composer or a musical composition written for a particular instrument would be helpful. | | | For a really good definition of each classification, this site will be helpful. | | | What is an aerophone, a chordophone, an idiophone, a membranophone? |
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http://www.oswego.org/staff/vshaver/webquest/resources1.htm
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| | drums defined |
| | This article is based on common knowledge on this subject, it reflects many issues that have been covered on the Shriners' Convention e-list, the RMMP newsgroup as well as facts and pointers obtained from commercial sources, internet research and the writer's own experience of playing, tweaking and experimenting with drums. | | | The drum is struck on the membrane to produce a tone. | | | A drum is any cylindrical object (shell) or object with an open top that has a membrane normally called a head or skin stretched across it, this is known as a membranophone. |
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http://www.drumdojo.com/kit/equipment.htm
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| | 2ArabMusic : membranophone |
| | MEMBRANOPHONES - Instruments creating sound by stretching a membrane over an opening - chiefly drums. | | | A text summary of the clickable map above, meant for web-crawlers and other automatic tools: |
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http://trumpet.sdsu.edu/M345/Knowledge_Webs/2Arab_MusicY/membranophone.htm
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| | Merriam-Webster Online |
| | Get the Top 10 Search Results for "membranophone" | | | Now you can take the Eleventh Edition with you anywhere as Franklin's new Speaking Electronic Handheld! | | | membranophone is one of more than 1,000,000 entries available at Merriam-WebsterUnabridged.com. |
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http://www.m-w.com/cgi-bin/dictionary?book=Dictionary&va=membranophone
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| | Shenandoah Valley November 2005 |
| | You'll also be treated to an informal performance of the East Coast PVC band 1-3 pm each day. | | | Make a PVC cuica (a simple membranophone) from PVC pipe. |
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http://www.visitshenandoah.org/events/1105.html
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| | 534m11: Mirliton/kazoo |
| | This page is an extract from the LinguaLinks Library, Version 3.5, published on CD-ROM by SIL International, 1999. | | | The membrane is activated by blowing or singing against it. | | | The mirliton is a membranophone that is not a drum. |
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http://www.sil.org/lingualinks/anthropology/ExpnddEthnmsclgyCtgrCltrlMtrls/m11MirlitonKazoo.htm
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| | MSN Encarta - Search Results - membranophone |
| | Exclusively for MSN Encarta Premium Subscribers--quickly search thousands of articles from magazines such as Time, Newsweek, The Atlantic Monthly, and Smithsonian. | | | How well did we match your search term? | | | definition (1), definition (2), main discussion, picture, Membranophones, types of membranophones |
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http://encarta.msn.com/membranophone.html
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| | RhymeZone |
| | Search for membranophone at other dictionaries: OneLook, Answers.com, Merriam-Webster |
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http://www.rhymezone.com/r/d?u=membranophone
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