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Chennakeshava Temple, 12th century A.D. Goddess playing an hourglass drum, possibly an udukai. Chande; Davul; Kachhi Dhol; Nagara – pair of kettledrums; Pambai – unit of two cylindrical drums; Parai thappu, halgi – frame drum played with two sticks; Sambal; Stick daff or stick duff – daff in a stand played with sticks; Tamak' Tasha ...
A demo of tabla playing. A tabla [nb 1] is a pair of hand drums from the Indian subcontinent.Since the 18th century, it has been the principal percussion instrument in Hindustani classical music, [3] where it may be played solo, as an accompaniment with other instruments and vocals, or as a part of larger ensembles.
In the 1880s, Manpoondia Pillai was a temple lantern-bearer who sought to study drumming. He modified the kanjira to a frame drum with a single pair of jingles and brought the instrument to a classical stage. [1] [2] [3] It is used primarily in concerts of Carnatic music (South Indian classical music) as a supporting instrument for the mridangam.
These drums disseminated to the Indian subcontinent with the Mughal migration, and from India spread worldwide with the Indian diaspora. The tassa drum proper is a conical or bowl-shaped nagaara- (aka nagada or nagaada) type drum which is played with a heavy bass drum called dhol, or simply "bass", and brass cymbals or metal shakers called ...
One of the highlights of a modern Carnatic music concert is the percussion solo (thani avarthanam), where the mridangam artist and other percussionists such as kanjira, morsing, and ghatam vidwans exchange various complex rhythmic patterns, culminating in a grand finale where the main artist resumes where he or she left off.
Nakara (pair of Indian drums) is the skin-covered hand drum used in south Indian temple rituals and ceremonies. The bottom portion of Nakara is made with half spherical metal vessel. Most probably the metallic component employed for Nakara would be either brass or copper metal. The instrument may use either goatskin or similar skin for the ...
A typical naiyandi melam is composed of two double-reed nadaswaram, one or two thavil (barrel drums), a thamukku (kettle drum played with leather straps), a pambai, and an urumi. In the popular dance known as Devarattam (dance) , usually 2 to 3 urumis will be played with specific beats; sometimes a thappu (parai) is played in the background to ...
It is a major percussion instrument used in sree-bali, sree-bhootha-bali and related temple rites. It is made of polished jackwood, and the drumheads made of calfskin (preferably taken from 1- to 2-year-old calf) are held together by leather braces which are also twined round the waist of the drum. This mechanism helps in adjusting the tension ...