conical drum
1Conical drum — Conical drums are a class of membranophone, or drum, that is characterized by sloping sides. They are usually one headed. An example is the timbal. References 534m Membranophones . SIL. http://www.sil.org/LinguaLinks/Anthropology/ExpnddEthnmsclgyC… …
2Talking drum — For the progressive rock song, see The Talking Drum. A talking drum The talking drum is a West African, hourglass shaped drum whose pitch can be regulated to mimic the tone and prosody of human speech. Other speech mimicking drums of conical or… …
3percussion instrument — a musical instrument, as the drum, cymbal, triangle, xylophone, or piano, that is struck to produce a sound, as distinguished from string or wind instruments. [1870 75] * * * A musical instrument that is struck (or sometimes shaken or scraped) to …
4South Asian arts — Literary, performing, and visual arts of India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Sri Lanka. Myths of the popular gods, Vishnu and Shiva, in the Puranas (ancient tales) and the Mahabharata and Ramayana epics, supply material for representational and… …
5List of membranophones by Hornbostel-Sachs number — The Hornbostel Sachs system of musical instrument classification groups all instruments in which sound is produced primarily through a vibrating membrane. This includes all drums.*2: Instruments in which sound is produced through a vibrating… …
6List of Caribbean membranophones — Enko redirects here. enko is also a common suffix of Ukrainian surnames, meaning son of . Conga drums are a common part of Caribbean music across much of the area This is a list of membranophones used in the Caribbean music area, including the… …
7Hoist (mining) — A drum hoist (cables visible) and motor In underground mining a hoist or winder[1] is used to raise and lower conveyances within the mine shaft. Modern hoists are normally powered using electric motors, historically with …
8Timbal — is a term sometimes used to refer to Cuban Timbales, but also used to refer to a relatively modern Brazilian musical instrument. A slightly conical drum, of varying sizes, is usually light in weight and made of lacquered wood or metal with a… …
9Olive oil extraction — An olive mill and an olive press dating from Roman times in Capernaum, Israel. Olive oil extraction is the process of extracting the oil present in the olive drupes for food use. The oil is produced in the mesocarp cells, and stored in a… …
10technology, history of — Introduction the development over time of systematic techniques for making and doing things. The term technology, a combination of the Greek technē, “art, craft,” with logos, “word, speech,” meant in Greece a discourse on the arts, both… …
