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  2. Bodhrán - Wikipedia

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    The sides of the drum are 9–20 cm (3 + 1 ⁄ 2 –8 in) deep. A goatskin head is tacked to one side (synthetic heads or other animal skins are sometimes used). The other side is open-ended for one hand to be placed against the inside of the drum head to control the pitch and timbre. [4]

  3. Crowdy-crawn - Wikipedia

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    Bodhrán, Riddle drum A crowdy-crawn is a wooden hoop covered with sheepskin used as a percussion instrument in western Cornwall at least as early as 1880. [ 1 ] It is similar to the Irish bodhrán . [ 2 ]

  4. List of Irish words used in the English language - Wikipedia

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    bodhrán – A winnowing drum used as a musical instrument. bog – (from bogach meaning "marsh/peatland") a wetland (according to OED). bonnaught – A type of billeting or a billeted soldier. From Irish buannacht, billeting or billeting tax. boreen – (from bóithrín meaning "small road") a narrow rural road in Ireland.

  5. Membranophone - Wikipedia

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    The predrum category consists of simple drum-like percussion instruments. These include the ground drum, which, in its most common §—Form, consists of an animal skin stretched over a hole in the ground, and the pot drum, made from a simple pot. [7] Water drums are also sometimes treated as a distinct category of membranophone.

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    For nearly a decade, we sought out the legendary Beatle to ask about the drums made only in small-town NC. We finally got some answers.

  7. List of percussion instruments - Wikipedia

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    Drum stick: Unpitched 111.11 Idiophone Drum kit: New Orleans Unpitched Membranophone Dunun: Mandé Both 211.212.1 Membranophone In ballet style playing, a repeating melody is played on three pitched drums Egg shaker: Unpitched 112.13 Idiophone Ekwe: Nigeria Unpitched [clarification needed] 111.24 Idiophone A type of slit drum: Electronic drum ...

  8. Percussion instrument - Wikipedia

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    Orchestral percussion section with timpani, unpitched auxiliary percussion and pitched tubular bells Djembé and balafon played by Susu people of Guinea Concussion idiophones (), and struck drums Modern Japanese taiko percussion ensemble Very large drum kit played by Terry Bozzio Mridangam, an Indian percussion instrument, played by T. S. Nandakumar Evelyn Glennie is a percussion soloist

  9. ‘They’ve never let me down.’ Why Ringo Starr’s ... - AOL

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    The Drum City Ltd. salesman went to rip off the Ludwig logo on the drum front when Starr stopped him. “Leave it on,” Starr said. “It’s American, you know.