How many types of bamboo drums are there?

There are two types of long drums, one is the Korean long drum. The other is the Yao long drum. The Korean long drum is mainly popular in Yanbian Korean Autonomous Prefecture in Jilin Province and other areas inhabited by the Korean people, also known as the voltaic drum. Originally from the ancient thin waist drum; Yao long drum in the Song Dynasty has been handed down, mostly made of swallow fat wood, fine craftsmanship, mainly used for dance accompaniment.

Korean long drum: Korean long drum, also known as the staff drum, two staff drum. It is popular in Yanbian Korean Autonomous Prefecture in Jilin Province and other areas inhabited by the Korean people.

The long drum is a variation of the ancient waist drum. Sui and Tang dynasties have been used in the court nine, ten music. Song dynasty "music book": "staff drums, waist drums, Han Wei used. The big one to tile, the small one to wood type, all wide head and slender belly." Shen Kuo "Dream Stream Pen Talk": "Tang's staff drums, this is called 'two staff drums', both ends with a staff. Today's staff drum, one end of the hand pat." Yuan Dynasty records are particularly detailed, "Yuan Shi - rituals and music": "staff drums, the system to wood for the Quang, thin waist, to the skin of the risk, on the application of colorful embroidered bands, the right hit to the staff, the left beat to the hand.

The drum body is made of wood, cylindrical, thick and hollow at both ends, thin and solid in the middle. Full length (70 ~ 80 centimeters, drum diameter of about 40 centimeters. The two ends of the drum cavity of different sizes, the skin is also different. The thick end of the cowhide, horsehide or pigskin, thin end of the deer skin, white fish skin or dog skin, the skin film to the iron ring for the frame, by the leather strip or rope taut and adjustable tension. The drum body is painted with red lacquer. Because of the size of the drum cavity and the thin thickness of the skin, two different tones can be issued, the thick end of the soft and deep bass, the thin end of the crisp and bright soprano, generally four or five degree interval relationship, and can be adjusted according to the need to adjust the pitch.

When playing, sitting position, set the drum on the frame; standing position, the drum will be hung in front of the player, the right hand drum whip to beat the thin end of the drum, drum whip made of thin bamboo strips, about 40 centimeters long, whip head is slightly larger; the left thumb on the thick end of the drum frame side, with the remaining four fingers beat. Playing skills are abundant, the left hand has a single drum point, single flower point, double flower point and muffled drum point four, the right hand has a single drum point, single flower point, double flower point, roll, vibration and so on. Players are often not 10 to 20 years old young girls.