It has two heads and is suspended on a rod, with beads or pellets hanging on threads on either sides of the body of the drum. The drum sounds when it is turned on its axis from side to side, causing the beads to strike the heads of the drum. It is similar to the Chinese pellet drum.
daiko, でんでん太鼓, denden, double, ended, drum, japanese, hand, held, pellet, drum, used, shinto, buddhist, ceremonies, japaneseclassificationpercussionrelated, instrumentspellet, drum, drum, bell, heads, suspended, with, beads, pellets, hanging, threads, either, . The Den den daiko でんでん太鼓 lit denden double ended Drum is a Japanese hand held pellet drum used in Shinto Buddhist ceremonies etc Den den daikoJapaneseClassificationPercussionRelated instrumentsPellet drum drum bell It has two heads and is suspended on a rod with beads or pellets hanging on threads on either sides of the body of the drum The drum sounds when it is turned on its axis from side to side causing the beads to strike the heads of the drum It is similar to the Chinese pellet drum See also editDamaruReferences edit nbsp This article related to the music of Japan is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Den den daiko amp oldid 1135859429, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
