Hand percussion instruments are that genre of instruments that are played with the hands of percussionists, not the sticks.
Some hand percussion instruments are Cajon, ghatam, udu and so on and of course there is an important sub-category of instruments
of the category hand percussion and that is hand drum. Hand drums are perhaps one of those genres of instruments that are
going to be in the focus of all human beings sight.
Hand drums:
Hand drums are those drums that are played with hands (calf or fingers) of the drummer.
Here is a list of some hand drums:
Bongo
Conga
Djembe (jembe)
Doumbek (dumbek)
Frame drums (of course we have some frame drums that are only played with sticks, like Indian daf)
Tabla
How to play hand drums
Since hand drums are too many drums with different shapes and every hand drum has its own hand drumming techniques, therefore
it is almost impossible to give a formula or method of playing hand drums. Even those drums that are similar to each other
have very different methods of playing. For example goblet shaped drums are so similar to each other, but the way that the
Persian goblet drum (tonbak) is played is totally different from the way that Egyptian goblet drum (tablah) is played. About
frame drums the position is more complicated.
Traditionally every drum has its own techniques that are the result the experience of many drummers. Today with the help
of Internet that many drummers of different regions have been connected to each other, are going to use the techniques of
different hand drums on the their own drums and hopefully this will enrich the techniques of all hand drums.
Tonbak (Persian hand drum) is one of those hand drums that is played with all fingers of the drummer.
