The Wonderful Instrument - Hand Drum

Do you know that hand drum is the oldest musical hand percussion instrument in the world? This is not just a personal opinion. This actually based on the historical facts collected by the expert historians. In this article, I would like to share brief information regarding this hand drum and its development from the oldest generation until the present generation. Before continuing to the main topic, I think it will be better to describe a little bit about what hand drum is. Hand drum is a percussive musical instrument that is comprised of one or more membranes stretched over a hollow body. The sound is produced by striking or beating the membrane which is also known as the head or skin.

Historically, hand drums are said to be the most ancient musical instruments in the world. The fundamental design of hand drums still remains intact for centuries.  The functions have evolved to serve virtually human needs and purposes.  Hand drums are not just musical instruments. People created these drums for various purposes such as attracting attention, making signals, accompanying the cultural dances and songs, creating suitable nuances for traditional ceremonies and religious rites, and for entertaining. According to some experts, our the ancestors believed that the presence and thundering sounds of drums could create a special condition wherein they could meet a higher being, calling ancestral spirits, and it also could arise supernatural power.

There are various kinds of hand drums. Almost every cultural society and community has their own hand drums and they give different names such as Cajon, Djembes, frame drum, tambourine, conga, Darbuka, and the bongo drum. Hand drums are reckoned to be the most used percussion instruments. We can easily find these instruments everywhere we go. The use of these musical instruments has been a wide world. The musicians prefer to collaborate on their music with hand drums. The very reason is that its presence and sounds make music becomes more alive, energetic, colorful and stylish.

One of the famous hand percussion is what we call African drums. traditionally, the drum was the heartbeat and the soul of most African communities. Drums have been an intrinsic part of African life for centuries. It is indeed used to celebrate all aspects of life. For the Africans, drums hold symbolic and historical significance. These instruments are frequently used as an alarm or a call to arms stirring up emotions for battle and war.

    Hand drums are the instruments that can be learned and played easily by anyone. If you are interested to play and to have one of the hand drums, then I suggest you choose and buy the high-quality one but the cost is reachable. I would gladly recommend you to buy it in Bali Treasures Drum Factory, the biggest hand drum instruments wholesaler in the world. This company is known to be the best hand percussion instruments company because of its quality products. This company is located on Jalan Raya Andong, Peliatan, Ubud, Gianyar Bali.