Drum & Percussion Encyclopedia - 'R' Instruments |
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Name: Rabanas
Origin: Island of Java
Class: Membranophone
Category: Frame |
Description: The frame is made from mango wood, and is skinned with goatskin. They can be played with the hands or a mallet. |
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Name: Rain Stick
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Class: Idiophone
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Description: Also called Chicahuaztli. A long hollow wooden tube filled with beads. The inside of the tube is patterned to give the beads extra sound when they pass over. |
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Name: Ranat Ek
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Class: Idiophone
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Name: Ranat Thum
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Name: Rasta
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Class: Membranophone
Category: Conical |
Description: The head is covered with goat skin. The drum is tuned using tension ropes. |
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Name: Rasta Rattle
Origin: Ghana
Class: Idiophone
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Description: Three small gourds filled with seeds on a stick. |
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Name: Rebolos
Origin: Brazil
Class: Membranophone
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Description: It is played with one hand on the shell and the other on the skin. |
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Name: Redondo
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Class: Membranophone
Category: Cylindrical |
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Name: Rei
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Description: A hand bell with a clapper attached to the inside. |
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Name: rGna
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Class: Membranophone
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Description: This drum is attached to a long pole or can also be mounted inside of a frame. It is played with the hands or crooked stick. |
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Name: Riq
Origin: Egypt
Class: Membranophone
Category: Frame |
Description: A frame drum similar to a tambourine. |
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Name: Rkan-Dun
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Name: Rolmo
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Class: Idiophone
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Description: Cymbals stacked one above the other. They are struck with a mallet in an up-and-down movement. |
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Name: Rommelpot
Origin: Sweden
Class: Membranophone
Category: Friction |
Description: A friction drum. |
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Name: Roto-Tom
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Class: Membranophone
Category: Frame |
Description: A single headed tom-tom with no outer shell. It is mounted to allow it to rotate while playing, thus changing the tone. These drums were created in the 1960's by percussionist Michael Colgrass. The inner frame is connected by an alloy frame, which is connected to a center spindle. The drummer can turn the frame either direction to change the tone and pitch of the drum. |
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