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This description is not of a drum circle in the sense that the term is commonly used. It is a drumming ceremony that takes place in a circle, but very different in content and form than a drum circle, more of an improvised community drumming jam. This type should probably be listed under shamanic or spiritual drumming and not under drum circles.
Hull's facilitated drum circles are specifically non culturally specific. Though African djembes may predominate, many other styles of drums and percussion are in evidence. The teaching at a facilitated drum circle is 'teaching without teaching' - participants are playfully encouraged to create their own in-the-moment rhythms and sounds.
Jim Donovan (born March 10, 1968) is an American professional drummer and percussionist, a recording artist, writer, teacher and lecturer. [1] He is best known as the former drummer and one of the founding members of the band Rusted Root. [1]
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Today's Tam-Tams are still centred on the drum circle, but have evolved to also include artisanal vendors, DJs, performance artists, exhibitionists and a battle-royal for fantasy role players. Because of the 'laissez-faire' attitude that characterizes the festivities, drug dealing, drug use and public drinking are tolerated to a degree.
Inuit drum dance songs, or pisiq, [7] are typically based on a five-note scale. [8] They usually have a strophic form. [9] The drum played during the Inuit drum dance is called a qilaut. [7] Copper Inuit use the drum dance "to honour members of the family, to express gratitude, and to welcome and bid farewell to visitors". [10]
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The glockenspiel (/ ˈ ɡ l ɒ k ə n ʃ p iː l / GLO-kən-shpeel; German pronunciation: [ˈɡlɔkənˌʃpiːl] or [ˈɡlɔkn̩ˌʃpiːl], Glocken: bells and Spiel: play) or bells is a percussion instrument consisting of pitched aluminum or steel bars arranged in a keyboard layout.