{{Short description|Class of musical instruments}} {{Use dmy dates|date=December 2024}} [[Image:Thai taphon.jpg|thumb|right|250px|The ''taphon'', a barrel drum of Thailand]] '''Barrel drums''' are a class of membranophone, or drum, characterized by a barrel-shape with a bulge in the middle. They can be one-headed and open at the bottom, or two-headed at opposite ends. Examples include the Vietnamese ''trong chau'' and the ''bendre'' of the Mossi of Burkina Faso.<ref>{{Cite book|title=The drum : a history|last=Dean|first=Matt|date=2012|publisher=Scarecrow Press|isbn=9780810881716|location=Lanham, Md.|oclc=772845784}}</ref>
==Barrel drums== *Buk – Korea *Conga – Cuba *Dhak – India *Dhol – India *Dholak – North India, Pakistan, and Nepal *Geta beraya – Sri Lanka *Glong khaek – Thailand *Glong songna – Thailand *Glong thad – Thailand *Kebero – Ethiopia<!--not barrel-shaped, but tapered--> *Kendhang – Indonesia *Khol – India *Mridangam – South India *Pakhawaj – North India *Sang Na – Cambodia *Sampho – Cambodia *Tanbou – Haiti *Tanggu – China *Taphon – Thailand *Trống chầu – Vietnam
==References== {{Reflist}} *{{cite web |url=http://www.sil.org/LinguaLinks/Anthropology/ExpnddEthnmsclgyCtgrCltrlMtrls/mMembranophones.htm |title=534m Membranophones |work=SIL |accessdate=4 January 2007 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20060710200629/http://www.sil.org/lingualinks/anthropology/ExpnddEthnmsclgyCtgrCltrlMtrls/mMembranophones.htm |archivedate=10 July 2006 }}
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Category:Drums Category:Barrel-shaped drums
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