User:Jacqke/Tubular drums
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Tubular drum is a generic term for drums whose body is tubular according to the definition in the Hornbostel-Sachs system . The body can be covered with a membrane on one or both sides. In the first case, the underside remains open.
Cylinder drums have the same diameter over their entire length . They are distinguished from frame drums , the frame height of which corresponds at most to the radius of the membrane . This classification, based on practical reasons, refers to typical instruments. A format between cylinder and frame drum can be described as a flat drum , in which the frame height corresponds at most to the skin diameter.
Drums with a bulging body that curves outwards in the middle are called barrel drums ; they are tapered hourglass drums . Played standing on the floor, they are called standing drums .
The other type of drum is a closed-bottomed, one-skinned kettle drum (vessel drum) that includes the timpani .