About the types of drums

1. Waist drum: It is said that it evolved from Jiegu and was popular in the 4th century. The waist drum in Tang Dynasty was called "Zheng Gu" or "River and Lake" because of its different playing functions. Since the Ming Dynasty, waist drum has been widely used in Fengyang ancient painting, ancient painting lantern and Huaibei ancient painting opera, and has gradually evolved into a modern form.

2. Wolf shed drum: also known as "Erlang drum". Popular in Fuzhou area. Wolf staff originated from ancient waist drum instruments, and its shape is similar to that of Korean long drums. The drum is made of wood, with a total length of about 70 cm. The middle part is small, the two ends are thick and hollow, with Mengniu skin or python skin on both sides, and the drum head is about 30 cm in diameter. The drum head is mounted on a metal ring and tightened with a rope. It is one of the main musical instruments of "Fuzhou Fan Shi" and is also used to accompany Fujian Opera.

3. Fishing drum: Fishing drum is also called "bamboo harp" or "Dao drum". This musical instrument has existed since the Southern Song Dynasty. The fishing drum used in modern times is made of pigskin or sheepskin on a bamboo tube with a length of 65 ~ 100 cm and a diameter of about 13 cm. When playing, the left hand holds the fishing drum firmly and the right hand slaps it, which is the main accompaniment instrument of folk music "Daoqing", "Fishing Drum" and "Zhu Qin".

4. Tonggu: A drum instrument that is popular among the people. A kind of drum. Widely popular in southern Jiangsu. The drum body of the same drum is barrel-shaped, slightly wider in the middle and about 60 cm high. Made of Toona sinensis, colored wood, birch or poplar, with cowhide on both sides, and the drum surface is about 50 cm in diameter. There are three drum rings in the middle of the drum body, which are used to wear or hang the drum belt.

5. Hua Pengu: It is named after its big drum surface and small drum bottom, which looks like a flowerpot. It evolved from the hall drum, also known as the "south hall drum". Because it is shaped like a cylinder, it is also called "cylindrical drum". It has been widely used in Peking Opera and other local operas, song and dance accompaniment, instrumental ensemble and solo.

6. Drum: Toona sinensis, colored wood, birch, poplar, etc. are mostly used to make drums in drum instruments with large drums. Because of the large drum surface, cowhide is mostly used for drum skin. The drum body is wrapped in two cowhide pieces with the same area, usually placed on a wooden frame and played with two drums. Drum has a deep and powerful voice, which is mainly used for instrumental ensemble, dance and opera accompaniment, and is also the main instrument in the gongs and drums team.

7. Book drum: The drum body is flat and round, with covers on both sides. The drum surface is 22 cm in diameter and 8.5 cm in height. Pronunciation is low but loud. It is specially used to accompany all kinds of drum books, such as northern rap music "Drum Book", and is also suitable for folk art singing and drum book accompaniment in various places. Play a single arrow, the book drum is placed on the braided rope of the bamboo tube frame, about 90 cm high. The rapper holds a book board or pear slices in his left hand and beats the drum table with a drum arrow in his right hand.

8. Drumming: also known as "pregnant drum". 65438+ has been popular in southern Jiangsu since the beginning of the 6th century. It is oblate and the drum frame is made of hardwood such as colored wood. The middle is slightly higher and the edge gradually decreases. The diameter of the drum cavity is about 18 cm, and it is covered with cowhide on both sides and fastened with closely arranged drum nails. Drum pestle is made of mahogany or bamboo, and it is called a stick.

9. War drum: The shape is similar to that of the big drum, but the drum body is lower, so it is also called "flat drum". The pronunciation is lower than that of the drum, but it is very loud. Used for religious music in the past, the Lama Temple in Beijing, established in 1723, contains a flat drum with a diameter of about 1 m and a drum height of only 20 cm. Now it is mainly used in national instrumental ensemble, dance, lantern festival, acrobatic troupe and gongs and drums team.

10, Ban Gu: It is often named after a clapper played by one person, also known as "single skin" (one skin) and "Ban Gu" (used to be dedicated to the troupe). It is a conducting instrument in China traditional opera band. As early as the Tang Dynasty (6 18 ~ 907), it was used in Le Qing, then called Jiegu.

1 1, Paigu: a new variety of drum instruments in China. After liberation, Chinese musical instrument workers and musicians summed up the technical experience of drum instruments at home and abroad, and reformed them according to the medium-sized hall drums and waist drums widely used by the people. They have beautiful shapes, rich and diverse timbres and national styles. They have become important instruments in national bands, and are widely used in instrumental ensemble, local opera and song and dance accompaniment. Drum sets, which are often seen in some dance halls, are also called drum rows.

12, Qin Drum: A fishing drum that can play melodies. It was developed by the Amateur Research Group of National Bamboo Wind Instruments in Chengdu, inspired by Zhu Qin, an accompaniment instrument of Sichuan folk music. It consists of 65,438+06 bamboo tubes (or plastic paper strips) with different lengths. Each bamboo tube is covered with cowhide or sheepskin and fixed on the upper mouth of the bamboo tube through a bamboo skin fixing ring. Bamboo tubes are arranged in two rows on the wooden piano frame. When playing, the player holds a bamboo piano arrow in each hand and makes (D ~ F 1) 16 sounds. The timbre is soft, clear and bright, which can be used for instrumental ensemble or accompaniment, or for solo music.

Extended data:

Drum is a percussion instrument, which is covered with a tight membrane on one or both sides of a solid and usually barrel-shaped drum body. Drums can be beaten by hand or with a drum pestle.

Drum is an important instrument in African traditional music and modern music, and some bands are completely composed of percussion instruments dominated by drums. Besides being a musical instrument, drums were also used to spread information in many ancient civilizations.

Refer to Baidu Encyclopedia-Drum: