Collection: Frame & Hand Drums

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The full range of drums played with a hand or a mallet: frame drums, hand drums, ocean drums and paddle drums, from Groove Masters Percussion, REMO, NINO, EMUS and SUZUKI.

A frame drum is a single head stretched over a shallow hoop. There is no depth to the shell, so the note is short and open, and the drum is light enough for a young student to hold for a whole session. The GMP range covers a classic multicultural frame drum, an octagonal model in two sizes, buffalo frame drums with either napa or fibreskin heads, and an eighteen inch bodhrán, the Irish frame drum played with a double-ended beater.

Hand drums are the same idea in a smaller, sturdier form, usually supplied with a soft mallet so a student can play with either. NINO hand drums come in five colours across a range of sizes, EMUS in several sizes with and without mallets, and tunable hand drums from GMP, EMUS and SUZUKI let the head be brought back to pitch.

Ocean drums hold beads between two clear heads and produce the sound of a wave when tilted slowly. Paddle drums are single-headed drums on a handle, held in one hand and struck with a mallet in the other, which keeps a group mobile while they play.