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See a man playing a Korean puk a double-headed barrel drum
A Buddhist monk in maroon robes strikes a large drum while other monks pray inside the ornate, colorful Ivolginski Datsan temple in Buryatiya, eastern Siberia. Musicians playing a janggu Kandyan dance Mongolian shaman wearing a ritual gown and holding a drum with the image of a spirit helper, c. 1909.
See Tom Teasley playing the frame drum using different drumming styles from various countries
A musician playing tabla. drum Eskimo man with a large handheld drum made of walrus stomach or bladder, Nunivak Island, 1929.
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Young girl wearing a demin jacket playing the trumpet (child, musical instruments, Asian ethnicity)
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Trumpet musical instrument.
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Article History

Type Description Contributor Date
Modified link of Web site: Physics LibreTexts - Drums. May 13, 2026
Add new Web site: Smithsonian Folkways Recordings - Drum Sounds and Their Meanings. Sep 20, 2025
Add new Web site: Physics LibreTexts - Drums. Aug 11, 2025
Add new Web site: CORE - The Evolution of the Drum Set (PDF). Dec 28, 2024
Add new Web site: IndiaNetzone - Drums. Nov 08, 2024
Add new Web site: Smithsonian Music - The Birth of the Drum Set. Mar 15, 2024
Add new Web site: History of Drums. Jun 18, 2017
Add new Web site: The Science of Rock and Roll - A Brief History of Drums. Jun 08, 2017
Added video. Dec 14, 2015
Add new Web site: Buzzle.com - Drums. Dec 09, 2011
Added video example of Korean puk playing. Oct 06, 2011
Media added. Mar 17, 2008
Article thoroughly revised. Aug 08, 2007
Article revised. Apr 02, 1999
Article added to new online database. Jul 20, 1998
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