This is a glossary of membranophones, the class of musical instruments that includes drums and other percussion instruments.
Because almost all instruments called "drums" are membranophones, the few exceptions are also noted in this glossary.
See also the glossary of musical instrument classification (organology).
- bata
- Ethnic ceremonial double-headed drums played in triplet in the religion of Santería, especially in Cuba and Puerto Rico, originally from the Yoruba of Nigeria.
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- bedug
- A type of drum suspended from a rack and played with a padded mallet, used in gamelan orchestras and Indonesian traditional music.
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- bodhran
- A type of frame drum used in Celtic music which was traditionally played by being struck with with an animal bone, or in modern times, a piece of wood.
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- bongo
- One of a pair of small drums of Cuban origin, played by beating with the hands.
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- chenda
- A cylindrical wooden drum of Indian origin.
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- conga
- A tall, narrow, single-headed Cuban hand drum of African origin.
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- damaru
- A small two-headed drum used throughout South Asia.
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- damphu
- A double-sided disk-shaped drum of Nepalese origin.
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- darbuka
- A goblet drum of Middle-Eastern origin.
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- davul
- A very large double-headed drum struck with a mallet.
- Synonym: tupan, daul, tǎpan, topan, topan, goč, tabl, tof, daouli, lodra, dohol, doli, dhol, towla, dowla
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- dayereh
- A frame drum that also has jingles attached, of Central and Southwest Asian origin.
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- dhak
- A very large drum of South Asian origin.
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- dhimay
- A double-headed cylindrical drum of South Asian origin.
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- dholki
- A small hand drum of South Asian origin.
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- dhol
- Any of several double-headed drums of South Asian origin.
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- dholak
- A two-headed hand drum of South Asian origin.
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- djembe
- A large, skin-covered drum played with the hands, used in West African and some fusion music.
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- drum
- A percussive musical instrument spanned with a thin covering on at least one end for striking, forming an acoustic chamber, affecting what materials are used to make it.
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- dun dun
- A cylindrical drum with skin-covered heads on both ends, used among the Mandinka people of West Africa, and always as part of ensembles that include djembes.
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- eunuch flute
- A simple musical instrument consisting of a wooden tube with a hole in it, used like a modern kazoo.
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- idakka
- An hourglass-shaped drum originating in Kerala in India; it is struck with a stick, and its pitch can be altered by means of the lacing between the two heads.
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- ilimba
- A Zimbabwean drum made from a gourd.
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- karyenda
- A drum of Burundian origin, revered as a national symbol of spiritual importance.
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- kazoo
- A simple musical instrument consisting of a pipe with a hole in it, producing a buzzing sound when the player hums into it.
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- kettledrum
- A large hemispherical brass percussion instrument (one of the timpani) with a drumhead that can be tuned by adjusting its tension.
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- kpanlogo
- A drum of originating in the traditional music of the Ga people of Ghana; they come in varying sizes and are usually played in ensembles of six or more.
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- repinique
- A double-headed drum of Brazilian origin, traditionally used in samba music.
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- riq
- A frame drum with jingles, used in traditional Arab music.
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- snare drum
- A tubular drum with skins stretched over the top and bottom, and having a set of chains that can be applied to the bottom skin to create a rattling sound.
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- surdo
- A large bass drum of Brazilian origin.
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- tabla
- A small hand drum usually played in pairs, performed widely in South Asia.
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- tabor
- A snare drum that can be played with one hand, often used as a tool for military marching.
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- taiko
- A type of traditional drum of Japanese origin.
- Note: In Japanese, taiko can refer to any drum. In English, it refers specifically to a category of Japanese drum -- a type known in Japanese as wadaiko (和太鼓 "Japanese drums") -- as well as a style of ensemble drum music associated with it (kumi-daiko (組太鼓 "set of drums"))
- Types: byō-uchi-daiko, shime-daiko, tsuzumi, nagadō-daiko, ko-daiko, chū-daiko, ō-daiko, tsukeshime-daiko, namitsuke, nichō-gakke, anchō-gakke, yonchō-gakke, gochō-gakke, ko-tsuzumi, hira-daiko, nagauta shime-daiko, san-no-tsuzumi, tsuri-daiko, okedō-daiko, ō-tsuzumi, dadaiko, kakko
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- talking drum
- An hourglass-shaped drum of West African origin, designed to be capable of mimicking the sound and cadence of human speech; its pitch can be altered by means of the lacing between the two heads.
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- tamborim
- A frame drum of Brazilian origin.
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- tambourine
- A frame drum with jingles attached, used in many forms of Western music.
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- tar[2]
- A single-headed round frame drum originating in North Africa and the Middle East.
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- timbales
- A pair of tunable single-headed, metal-shelled cylindrical drums.
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- tombak
- A goblet drum of Persian origin.
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