Friction drum, the Glossary
A friction drum is a musical instrument found in various forms in Africa, Asia, Europe and South America.[1]
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75 relations: Africa, Aguinaldo (music), Alexander Goehr, Asia, Bamboo, Belgium, Benjamin Britten, Brazil, Buhay, Carl Orff, Carnival, Cello, Children's Crusade (Britten), Christmas, Christmas carol, Colombia, Cuíca, Cuba, Denmark, Dutch language, Edgard Varèse, Europe, Fantasia (musical form), France, Friction, Gaita zuliana, Germany, Horsehair, Hungary, IJsselmonde (island), Italy, Jan Miense Molenaer, Keyboard instrument, Kunsthistorisches Museum, Leather, Lion's roar (instrument), Low German, Malta, Membranophone, Mexico, Musical instrument, National Gallery, Netherlands, New Year's Eve, North Brabant, Occitan language, Ogg, Orchestra, Orlando Gibbons, Parchment, ... Expand index (25 more) »
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Africa
Africa is the world's second-largest and second-most populous continent after Asia.
Aguinaldo (music)
Aguinaldo It is a genre of Puerto Rican and Venezuelan traditional and cultural music, popular in several Latin American countries., based on Spanish Christmas carols or villancicos which is traditionally sung on Christmas itself or during the holiday season.
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Alexander Goehr
Peter Alexander Goehr (born 10 August 1932) is an English composer and academic.
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Asia
Asia is the largest continent in the world by both land area and population.
Bamboo
Bamboos are a diverse group of mostly evergreen perennial flowering plants making up the subfamily Bambusoideae of the grass family Poaceae.
Belgium
Belgium, officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a country in Northwestern Europe.
Benjamin Britten
Edward Benjamin Britten, Baron Britten (22 November 1913 – 4 December 1976, aged 63) was an English composer, conductor, and pianist.
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Brazil
Brazil, officially the Federative Republic of Brazil, is the largest and easternmost country in South America and Latin America.
Buhay
The buhay (бугай) (also known as a bugai, buhai, berebenytsia, bika, buga, bochka) is a musical instrument that is used in Ukraine and is classified as a friction drum. Friction drum and buhay are friction drums.
Carl Orff
Carl Heinrich Maria Orff (10 July 1895 – 29 March 1982) was a German composer and music educator, who composed the cantata Carmina Burana (1937).
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Carnival
Carnival or Shrovetide is a festive season that occurs at the close of the Christian pre-Lenten period, consisting of Quinquagesima or Shrove Sunday, Shrove Monday, and Shrove Tuesday or Mardi Gras.
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Cello
The violoncello, often simply abbreviated as cello, is a bowed (sometimes plucked and occasionally hit) string instrument of the violin family.
Children's Crusade (Britten)
Children's Crusade, Op. 82, subtitled a Ballad for children's voices and orchestra is a composition by Benjamin Britten.
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Christmas
Christmas is an annual festival commemorating the birth of Jesus Christ, observed primarily on December 25 as a religious and cultural celebration among billions of people around the world.
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Christmas carol
A Christmas carol is a carol (a song or hymn) on the theme of Christmas, traditionally sung at Christmas itself or during the surrounding Christmas holiday season.
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Colombia
Colombia, officially the Republic of Colombia, is a country primarily located in South America with insular regions in North America.
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Cuíca
The cuíca is a Brazilian friction drum with a large pitch range, produced by changing tension on the head of the drum. Friction drum and cuíca are drums and friction drums.
Cuba
Cuba, officially the Republic of Cuba, is an island country, comprising the island of Cuba, Isla de la Juventud, archipelagos, 4,195 islands and cays surrounding the main island.
Denmark
Denmark (Danmark) is a Nordic country in the south-central portion of Northern Europe.
Dutch language
Dutch (Nederlands.) is a West Germanic language, spoken by about 25 million people as a first language and 5 million as a second language and is the third most spoken Germanic language.
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Edgard Varèse
Edgard Victor Achille Charles Varèse (also spelled Edgar; December 22, 1883 – November 6, 1965) was a French composer who spent the greater part of his career in the United States.
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Europe
Europe is a continent located entirely in the Northern Hemisphere and mostly in the Eastern Hemisphere.
Fantasia (musical form)
A fantasia (also English: fantasy, fancy, fantazy, phantasy, Fantasie, Phantasie, fantaisie) is a musical composition with roots in improvisation.
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France
France, officially the French Republic, is a country located primarily in Western Europe.
Friction
Friction is the force resisting the relative motion of solid surfaces, fluid layers, and material elements sliding against each other.
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Gaita zuliana
Gaita zuliana (often simply called "gaita") is a style of Venezuelan folk music (and dance) from Maracaibo, Zulia State.
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Germany
Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG), is a country in Central Europe.
Horsehair
Horsehair is the long hair growing on the manes and tails of horses.
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Hungary
Hungary is a landlocked country in Central Europe.
IJsselmonde (island)
IJsselmonde is a river island in the Netherlands, between the Nieuwe Maas, Noord and Oude Maas branches rivers of the Rhine-Meuse delta in the province of South Holland.
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Italy
Italy, officially the Italian Republic, is a country in Southern and Western Europe.
Jan Miense Molenaer
Jan Miense Molenaer (1610 – buried 19 September 1668), was a Dutch Golden Age genre painter whose style was a precursor to Jan Steen's work during Dutch Golden Age painting.
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Keyboard instrument
A keyboard instrument is a musical instrument played using a keyboard, a row of levers that are pressed by the fingers.
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Kunsthistorisches Museum
The Kunsthistorisches Museum ("Museum of Art History", often referred to as the "Museum of Fine Arts") is an art museum in Vienna, Austria.
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Leather
Leather is a strong, flexible and durable material obtained from the tanning, or chemical treatment, of animal skins and hides to prevent decay.
Lion's roar (instrument)
The lion's roar is a membranophone instrument that has a drum head and a cord or horsehair passing through it. Friction drum and lion's roar (instrument) are friction drums.
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Low German
Low German is a West Germanic language spoken mainly in Northern Germany and the northeastern Netherlands.
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Malta
Malta, officially the Republic of Malta, is an island country in Southern Europe located in the Mediterranean Sea.
Membranophone
A membranophone is any musical instrument which produces sound primarily by way of a vibrating stretched membrane.
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Mexico
Mexico, officially the United Mexican States, is a country in the southern portion of North America.
Musical instrument
A musical instrument is a device created or adapted to make musical sounds.
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National Gallery
The National Gallery is an art museum in Trafalgar Square in the City of Westminster, in Central London, England.
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Netherlands
The Netherlands, informally Holland, is a country located in Northwestern Europe with overseas territories in the Caribbean.
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New Year's Eve
In the Gregorian calendar, New Year's Eve, also known as Old Year's Day, is the evening or the entire day of the last day of the year, 31 December.
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North Brabant
North Brabant (Noord-Brabant; Brabantian), also unofficially called Brabant, is a province in the south of the Netherlands.
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Occitan language
Occitan (occitan), also known as (langue d'oc) by its native speakers, sometimes also referred to as Provençal, is a Romance language spoken in Southern France, Monaco, Italy's Occitan Valleys, as well as Spain's Val d'Aran in Catalonia; collectively, these regions are sometimes referred to as Occitania.
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Ogg
Ogg is a free, open container format maintained by the Xiph.Org Foundation.
Orchestra
An orchestra is a large instrumental ensemble typical of classical music, which combines instruments from different families.
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Orlando Gibbons
Orlando Gibbons (bapt. 25 December 1583 – 5 June 1625) was an English composer and keyboard player who was one of the last masters of the English Virginalist School and English Madrigal School.
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Parchment
Parchment is a writing material made from specially prepared untanned skins of animals—primarily sheep, calves, and goats.
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Parranda
A parranda (English: party or spree) is a Puerto Rican music tradition that takes place in Puerto Rico during the Christmas holiday season.
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Phragmites
Phragmites is a genus of four species of large perennial reed grasses found in wetlands throughout temperate and tropical regions of the world.
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Pieter Bruegel the Elder
Pieter Bruegel (also Brueghel or Breughel) the Elder (– 9 September 1569) was among the most significant artists of Dutch and Flemish Renaissance painting, a painter and printmaker, known for his landscapes and peasant scenes (so-called genre painting); he was a pioneer in presenting both types of subject as large paintings.
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Pitch (music)
Pitch is a perceptual property that allows sounds to be ordered on a frequency-related scale, or more commonly, pitch is the quality that makes it possible to judge sounds as "higher" and "lower" in the sense associated with musical melodies.
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Plugușorul
Plugușorul (Plowing is symbolic, Plugușorul) is a Romanian New Year's tradition and carol.
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Poland
Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe.
Portugal
Portugal, officially the Portuguese Republic, is a country located on the Iberian Peninsula in Southwestern Europe, whose territory also includes the Macaronesian archipelagos of the Azores and Madeira.
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Putipù
. The putipù is a musical instrument traditionally used in folk music of Southern Italy, in particular of Naples and surrounding regions. Friction drum and putipù are friction drums.
Rio de Janeiro
Rio de Janeiro, or simply Rio, is the capital of the state of Rio de Janeiro.
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Romania
Romania is a country located at the crossroads of Central, Eastern, and Southeast Europe.
Samba
Samba is a name or prefix used for several rhythmic variants, such as samba urbano carioca (urban Carioca samba), samba de roda (sometimes also called rural samba), recognized as part of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity by UNESCO, amongst many other forms of samba, mostly originated in the Rio de Janeiro and Bahia states.
Schnapps
Schnapps or schnaps is a type of alcoholic beverage that may take several forms, including distilled fruit brandies, herbal liqueurs, infusions, and "flavored liqueurs" made by adding fruit syrups, spices, or artificial flavorings to neutral grain spirits.
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Slovenia
Slovenia (Slovenija), officially the Republic of Slovenia (Slovene), is a country in southern Central Europe.
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Sound box
A sound box or sounding box (sometimes written soundbox) is an open chamber in the body of a musical instrument which modifies the sound of the instrument, and helps transfer that sound to the surrounding air.
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South America
South America is a continent entirely in the Western Hemisphere and mostly in the Southern Hemisphere, with a considerably smaller portion in the Northern Hemisphere.
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Southern Jutland
Southern Jutland (Sønderjylland; German: Südjütland) is the name for the region south of the Kongeå in Jutland, Denmark and north of the Eider (river) in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.
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Spain
Spain, formally the Kingdom of Spain, is a country located in Southwestern Europe, with parts of its territory in the Atlantic Ocean, the Mediterranean Sea and Africa.
St. Martin's Day
Saint Martin's Day or Martinmas (obsolete: Martlemas), and historically called Old Halloween or Old Hallowmas Eve, is the feast day of Saint Martin of Tours and is celebrated in the liturgical year on 11 November.
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Tambourine de Bearn
The string drum or Tambourin de Béarn (in German) is a long rectangular box zither beaten with a mallet.
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Terracotta
Terracotta, also known as terra cotta or terra-cotta, is a clay-based non-vitreous ceramicOED, "Terracotta";, MFA Boston, "Cameo" database fired at relatively low temperatures.
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The Fight Between Carnival and Lent
The Fight Between Carnival and Lent was painted by Pieter Bruegel the Elder in 1559.
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Ukraine
Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe.
Venezuela
Venezuela, officially the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, is a country on the northern coast of South America, consisting of a continental landmass and many islands and islets in the Caribbean Sea.
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Vienna
Vienna (Wien; Austro-Bavarian) is the capital, most populous city, and one of nine federal states of Austria.
Zither
Zithers (from the Greek word cithara) are a class of stringed instruments.
See also
Friction drums
- Buhay
- Cuíca
- Friction drum
- Lion's roar (instrument)
- Putipù
Maltese musical instruments
- Friction drum
- Żaqq
Venezuelan musical instruments
- Bandola
- Cuatro (Venezuela)
- Culoepuya
- Friction drum
- Mandolin
- Maraca
- Mina (drum)
- Tambora (Venezuelan drum)
References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friction_drum
Also known as Furro, Reibtrommel, Rommel pot, Rommelpot, Zambomba.
, Parranda, Phragmites, Pieter Bruegel the Elder, Pitch (music), Plugușorul, Poland, Portugal, Putipù, Rio de Janeiro, Romania, Samba, Schnapps, Slovenia, Sound box, South America, Southern Jutland, Spain, St. Martin's Day, Tambourine de Bearn, Terracotta, The Fight Between Carnival and Lent, Ukraine, Venezuela, Vienna, Zither.