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... > Membranophones > Struck drums > Drums struck directly > Vessel drums > (Separate) vessel drums > (Separate) vessel drums with tension loops

Preferred term

211.11-812(Separate) vessel drums with tension loops   Link to MIMO collections

Definition

  • An individual drum with a single tightly stretched membrane enclosing a drum body in the form of a vessel that is curvilinear or rectilinear in profile. The membrane is directly struck by the player using the hands or intermediate devices such as sticks. With membrane laced to drum. With tension loops. The cords are laced in a zigzag: every pair of strings is caught together with a small ring or loop. India. (en)

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Notation

  • 211.11-812

URI

http://www.mimo-db.eu/HornbostelAndSachs/6425

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