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  Tonbak

  The tonbak (also tombak, donbak, dombak; in Persian: تمبک, or تُمبَک ,تنبک ,دمبک ,دنبک) or zarb (ضَرب or ضرب) is a goblet drum from Persia (ancient Iran). It is considered the principal percussion instrument of Persian music. The tonbak is normally positioned diagonally across the torso while the...
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  Bass drum

  A bass drum is a relatively large drum that produces a note of low definite or indefinite pitch. The bass drums are of variable sizes and are used in several musical genres (see usage below). Three major types of bass drums can be distinguished: the large orchestral bass drum, the smaller 'kick'...
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  Ashiko

  An ashiko is a kind of drum shaped like a truncated cone and meant to be played with bare hands. The drum is played throughout sub-Saharan Africa and the Americas. The Ashiko has three primary tones, just like the Djembe. Some Africans consider the ashiko to be male and the djembe female while...
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  Thon-rammana

  The thon rammana (Thai: โทนรำมะนา) are hand drums played as a pair in Central Thai classical music and Cambodian classical music. It consists of two drums: the thon (a goblet drum with a ceramic or wooden body) and the rammana, a small frame drum. They are used usually in the khruang sai ensemble....
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  Djembe

  A djembe (pronounced /ˈdʒɛmbeɪ/ JEM-bay) also known as djimbe, jenbe, jymbe, jembe, yembe, or jimbay, or sanbanyi in Susu; is a skin-covered hand drum shaped like a large goblet and meant to be played with bare hands. According to the Bamana people in Mali, the name of the djembe comes directly...
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  Tom-tom drum

  A tom-tom (not to be confused with a tamtam) is a cylindrical drum with no snare. The tom-tom originates from Native American or Asian cultures. The tom-tom drum is also a traditional means of communication. The tom-tom drum was added to the drum kit in the early part of the 20th century. The first...
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  Goblet drum

  The goblet drum (also chalice drum) is a goblet shaped hand drum used mostly in Arabic, Assyrian, Persian, Balkan, Greek, Armenian, Azeri and Turkish music. Its thin, responsive drumhead and resonance help it produce a distinctively crisp sound. Though it is not known exactly when it was made it is...
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  Harmonium

  A harmonium is a free-standing keyboard instrument similar to a reed organ. Sound is produced by air, supplied by foot-operated or hand-operated bellows, being blown through sets of free reeds, resulting in a sound similar to that of an accordion. In North America, the most common pedal-pumped free...

• Gong bass drum

  A gong bass drum (or simply 'gong drum') is a type of drum which uses a single large drumhead in order to create a loud, resonant sound when struck. The head is tuned as loose as possible to avoid any sense of pitch in the sound. Gong bass drums were first mass-produced by Tama in the late '70s,...

• Hand drum

  A hand drum is any type of drum that is typically played with the bare hand rather than a stick, mallet, hammer, or other type of beater. The simplest type of hand drum is the frame drum, which consists of a shallow, cylindrical shell with a drumhead attached to one of the open ends.