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Tri City area drum circles.  If you live in Richland, Pasco, Kennewick , Yakima, Walla Walla or surounding area and want to post a drum circle in your area, please contact me or drumcircle.net
​The shark tooth in howard amon park
Richland WA,

IS A NON-FACILITATED DRUM CIRCLE

EVERY 1st & 3rd SUNDAY OF THE MONTH

meet up time is being worked out by the group


THIS IS A COMMUNITY DRUM CIRCLE
EVERYONE IS INVITED

JUST BRING SOME KIND OF INSTRUMENT

AND PLEASE TELL EVERYONE YOU KNOW!

This event takes place in the Spring, Summer and Fall months.










DRUMS FROM AROUND THE WORLD

ashiko sounds like a dejembe it uses a thinner goat skin or calf hide
 
bougarabou sounds like a conga it uses a thicker cow hide, deer hide, buffalo hide
 
Nyahbingi as a Rastafarian lifestyle made with goat skin 
 
The tumbala is a very interesting drum. It can be considered a cross between a Brazilian timbal and a conga. It is a conical-shaped drum similar to an African ashiko 
 
Bata are traditional Cuban ceremonial drums that are played as an ensemble of three. The bata drum is believed to originate in Nigeria
 
bongos goat skin
 
The Darbuka drum is a goblet shaped, singleheaded, arabic hand drum similar to the doumbek
 
Djun-djuns are an African style bass drum with two heads
 
The Doumbek African drum is a goblet or chalice shaped drum originating in North Africa.
 
Indian kettle drums are called Nagada, Nagadda, Nagara, and Nagarra
 
The Madal is a hand drum which originates in Nepal
 
The monkey drum is a two-headed drum 
 
The Naal drum originates in India and is a wooden two-headed drum.

Renaissance cylindrical drums have two heads
 
The African style standing drum is one of the largest drums
The Tabla is a pair of drums, north india
 
The talking drum is played by squeezing the cords
 
The Tubano drum is a Remo invention
 
The Zarb drum is similar to the Doumbek persian
 
The tumbala is a very interesting drum. It can be considered a cross between a Brazilian timbal and a conga. It is a conical-shaped drum similar to an African ashiko 
 
Bomba drum is particularly celebrated in the east and northeast region of Puerto Rico
 
Taiko (太鼓?) means "drum" in Japanese (etymologically "great" or "wide drum
A membranophone is any musical instrument which produces sound primarily by way of a vibrating stretched membrane