Thursday, October 28, 2010

Friction Drum Resources

Mayan Friction Drum- aka Jaguar Drum


-Mayavase's Article on the Friction Drum- the place I stumbled upon this instrument


Other Recource- Non Mayan
-puerca or marrano= columbia, murga= southern andean, cuica= Brazil, furruco- venezuela
-Lunet or Livika- New Ireland north of New Guinea- with sound sample-
-From Percussion Instrum. and their History- google book- a european take- Spain, Italy, ect.
-Buhai- Romanian Friciton Drum- from Playdrums.com- pdf file with a building tutorial, makes an ox sound.
-Cuica Brazilian Friction Drum-stick goes inside the head.  Used in the following tunes-
       - Paul Simon's "Me and Julio Down By the Schoolyard"
      - Barenaked Ladies' "Enid"
      - Bob Marley's "Could You Be Loved"
-Chicken in a Cup- a kid's building project for a friction drum
-Article for Purchase on the Friction Drum - 1907- by Henry Balfour-  Journal Anthropoogical Institut 37, 1907- Article Purchase Link- below is the google books embed.

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