Depictions of these frame drums date back thousands of years.

Frame drums are one of the most ancient types of musical instruments.

He is largely responsible for the increasing popularity of frame drums in the United States and around the world.

Frame drums are common throughout the world.

Frame drums consist of a membrane stretched across a frame.

Frame drums are also found in Nigeria, but may be an importation from Brazil.

Velez has been influential in the growing international interest in frame drums and many younger players now use his techniques.

The daf and the dayereh are Iranian frame drums.

Frame drums are composed of one or more membranes stretched across a frame.

Two rows of men face one another, clapping, singing, and dancing in a lively manner, accompanied by large frame drums.

And Raz Mesinai coaxed varied sounds from a collection of frame drums.

Percussion instruments include frame drums, tambourines, and kettledrums.

Dareh: A kind of Persian frame drums same as Dayereh.

Some frame drums have mechanical tuning and on many the drumhead is stretched and tacked in place.

There were two other drummers as well, using dumbeks, frame drums and a cajon - not your orthodox Arabic-music setup.

In Uyghuristan (Xinjiang of China) there are two kinds of frame drums.

Oriental instruments are included in the orchestration, such as the shakuhachi, the darabuca, daiko and frame drums.

Frame drums and cylindrical drums of various depths were immensely important in all genres of music.

On Friday evening, she drew an astonishing variety of well-focused sounds from a tambourine, two frame drums and an African finger piano.

Glen Velez is an American percussionist, vocalist, and composer, specializing in frame drums from around the world.

The similarity of the names of frame drums in these regions shows the common history of these drums.

Daf, the Spiritual Frame Drum.

At the Vermont shop, employees do metal work, mill lumber, steam-bend green wood, work on fifes, and make frame drums such as bendirs.

There are no trap drums on the recording, Mantilla plays cajón, djembe, frame drums and cymbals.

Daf: Daf is one of the most ancient frame drums in Asia and North Africa.