| A hand drum is a kind of drum that is played primarily | | | | equally accompany the mridangam in Classical |
| with hands other than using any sticks, mallet, hammer | | | | karnatatic music. The term tabla is originated from an |
| or any type of beater. Frame drum, a shallow, | | | | Arabic word which means drum. The majority of the |
| cylindrical shell with a drumhead attached to one of the | | | | tabla performers were Muslims, whose habitat was |
| open ends, is one of the early forms of this kind of | | | | either near or at the center of Mughal cultural centers |
| drums. Tabla, mridangam etc. are the Indian forms of | | | | like Delhi, Lucknow, Allahabad, Hyderbad and Lahore. |
| hand drums. | | | | Initially vocalists and instrumentalists accompanied tabla |
| The types of drums vary from place to place. Like in | | | | players. But gradually they developed a tradition of |
| the Middle and near east Tar, tambourine, daf, dayereh, | | | | solo performances. |
| ghaval, tonbak etc. are found. In Africa the most | | | | In Europe the Irish Bodhran sometimes is played with |
| common form of hand drum is djembe, single headed, | | | | the bare hand. A goat skin head is attached to one |
| large drum, which is goblet in shape. Its other African | | | | side, though now a days new materials like synthetic |
| types are ashiko that is similar to djembe that comes | | | | heads or kangaroo skin, are sometimes used. The |
| in the shape of truncated cone. While Bougarabou | | | | other side is open ended, so that the hands could be |
| drums are made with cow skin heads. | | | | placed in the drumhead in perfect manner to control |
| In Latin America, congas and bongos are part and | | | | the pitch and timber. If we peep in history, we will find |
| parcel of every kind of Latin American music. | | | | that the bodhran was used during the Irish rebellion of |
| Especially Caribbean and South American regions use | | | | 1603 as a war drum or battle drum. The drum is |
| congas and bongas both in folklore like punta, rumba | | | | usually played in a seated position, held vertically on the |
| and popular music like salsa, latin jazz and others. The | | | | players' thigh and is supported by the upper body and |
| conga is a tall, narrow, single headed Cuban drum that | | | | arm. |
| is commonly played in Congo. The person who plays a | | | | The hang is the modern kind of hand drum that is |
| conga is called a congureo. Congas are played in five | | | | played with fingers. The hang is played resting on a |
| basic types of strokes namely open tone, muffled | | | | player's lap or sometimes on a stand. It was the result |
| tone, bass tone, slap and touch. Bongo drums or | | | | of many years of research and study of the wide |
| bongos are two small drums attached to each other. | | | | variety of instruments across the world like gongs, |
| They produce high pitched sounds and are played | | | | gamelan, ghatam, drums, bells etc. |
| holding between the knees with the larger drum on the | | | | The world of hand drums is really very rhythmic and |
| side. They are played by striking the drumheads with | | | | melodious. With the passage of time the evolution of |
| the fingers and palms. | | | | hand drum seems to bring a sweet note on the |
| In Far East and India tabla, mridangam are an integral | | | | technology driven life. |
| part of music. Not to mention ghatams and kanjiras | | | | |