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Pellet drums, orrattle drums, are a class ofmembranophone, ordrum, characterized by their construction and manner of playing.[1] They have two heads (either a single double-headed drum or two hemispherical single-headed drums joined together with the heads facing outward), and two pellets, each connected by a cord to the drum. Thedamaru, which is used inTibet,Mongolia, andIndia, is anhourglass drum that is grasped by its waist with the hand twisting back and forth, causing the pellets to strike the heads in a rhythmic fashion.[2]photo InChina,Korea, andJapan, pellet drums are affixed to or pierced by a vertical rod or pole, and, depending on the instrument's size, the rod or pole is rotated back and forth along its axis either with one or both hands or between the palms, causing the pellets to strike the heads in a similar manner.
Pellet drums may be eitherhourglass shaped orbarrel shaped. In some cases, multiple drums are mounted on a single rod.photo
Although pellet drums are often used in religious ritual (particularly Tibet, Mongolia, India, and Taiwan), small versions are also used in East Asia as children's toys or asnoisemakers bystreet vendors.[3] Such small versions are sometimes also referred to asrattle drums.
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