HandDrumHub
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A reference companion to the museum — curated topic sections that go deeper on the subjects behind the collection. Every entry, image, and fact is drawn from Wikipedia and Wikimedia Commons.
Foundations
The building blocks of percussion — what a drum actually is, the drumhead and stick, and the basic vocabulary of tempo, rhythm, beat, and time signature.
9 entriesRhythm & Groove
The ideas that make rhythm interesting — polyrhythm and cross-rhythm, syncopation and clave, ostinato and groove, call-and-response, and the drum circle.
7 entriesWorld Drum Traditions
Hand drums from around the world — djembe and talking drum, taiko and tabla, conga and cajón, bodhrán and frame drum, and the traditions that shaped them.
11 entriesCraft & Tuning
What a drumhead is actually made of and how it's tuned — rawhide and synthetic film, tension and elasticity, and the acoustics behind pitch and overtone.
8 entries