A membranophone is any musical instrument which produces sound primarily by way of a vibrating stretched membrane . It is one of the four main divisions of instruments in the original Hornbostel-Sachs scheme of musical instrument classification .
4-535: This is a list of membranophones used in the Caribbean music area , including the islands of the Caribbean Sea , as well as the musics of Guyana , Suriname , French Guiana , Belize , Garifuna music , and Bermuda . It only includes membranophones that are indigenous to the local music area or are a vital and long-standing part of local culture. It does not include membranophones that are, for example,
8-431: A numeric taxonomy based on how the sound is produced: Membranophones can also be divided into small divisions based on length and breadth of sound production: SIL International maintains a classification system based largely on shape: The traditional classification of Indian instruments include two categories of percussion. The predrum category consists of simple drum-like percussion instruments. These include
12-748: A part of Western style orchestras, nor does it include trap sets and other common membranophones used in popular music recordings of many genres across the world. Almost all membranophones are drums and percussion instruments . The Hornbostel-Sachs number is given after each instrument. Membranophone According to Sachs , The sound is produced by a membrane ["skin" or "head"] stretched over an opening. Most, but not all, membranophones are generally called drums. They are classified according to material, if it's single or double headed, shape, skin(s), skin fastening, playing positions, and manner of playing. The Hornbostel-Sachs scheme of musical instrument classification divides membranophones in
16-498: The ground drum , which, in its most common §—Form, consists of an animal skin stretched over a hole in the ground, and the pot drum , made from a simple pot . Water drums are also sometimes treated as a distinct category of membranophone. Common in Native American music and the music of Africa , water drums are characterized by a unique sound caused by filling the drum with some amount of water. The talking drum
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