More rhythm instruments

Here is a small wooden djembe or African goblet drum.

 This is a miniature drum with a drumstick. I am not sure whether I am playing it properly. The drumstick is tied to the drumhead, by way of a hole in the drumhead's center.

This is a Native American drum you play by holding the stick in both hands and rubbing them back and forth. The beads strike the drum head. The faster you rub your hands together, the faster the rhythm.

Here's a bongo drum I found at a local Goodwill store. I am sure the larger drum is missing. The drumhead on this one looks like it is worn to the point of being damaged in places. Still, I manage to get good sound from it.

 Here's an intact pair of bongo drums.

The next three videos show djembes of different sizes, from small to large.

This is a Native American frame drum. Note the octagonal shape. This form is easier to duplicate than that of a round frame drum. The frame can be made from lumber, with pieces beveled, i.e. cut at a slant.

Here's another Native American frame drum.

This is a South East Asian frog drum. Such instruments are prevalent in Vietnam and Thailand and consist of blocks of wood carved into the shape of frogs. Rubbing the attached beater across the ridges on the frog's back generates sounds bearing a striking resemblance to frogs peeping.

Here are a couple of rattles I made from gourds. 

 Whittle a couple of twigs and you have instant musical instruments. Then again, two pieces of bamboo can serve the same purpose as in this video. The bamboo is store bought and previously finished with shellac.

Again, I used bamboo sticks, only these are unfinished deadwood.

 Another pair of sticks, just for the fun of it.

 Some instruments can be rubbed or scraped to produce sounds. Examples are the Latin American guiro. Some plastic drinking bottles have ridges which can be struck or rubbed with sticks, producing effects similar to that of playing a guiro.

 Call it silly if you will but maybe using plastic bottles as musical instruments could be an excellent way to recycle empties.

Now here is a guiro I made from a gourd. The gourd was already finished with shellac. I just drilled a hole in one side and emptied out the seeds. I also carved grooves in the side using a round file. The scraper is a bamboo twig.

 A heat sink salvaged from an old dead computer can make a passable rhythm instrument even if the instrument is of the experimental variety.

A triangle can be made from rebar but I have found the material difficult to work with. Copper pipe also has a pleasant sound when struck and is much easier to bend and shape. This triangle is made from copper. When each side is struck, a different note is produced, a feature I do not recall observing with triangles featured in bands and orchestras.

 Here I am trying to squeeze more than one note from a copper bucket. Okay, a copper bucket is not really a musical instrument but still, this one has potential.

Here is a copper pipe I use as a make shift chime. I cut slits on the bottom and drilled a hole in the middle. I am not sure how effective what I did was in creating differences in sound but the experiment was interesting anyway, I thought.

 In the Caribbean, some people use oil barrels as drums. They modify the lids in such a way as to generate a variety of sounds. Different notes can be produced depending on where the player hits the lid. I tried a similar tactic with a sauce pan. Unfortunately, the variety of sounds seems fairly limited in this instance.

The lids of tiki torches may not make the best cymbals but to me, that is okay.

 And the cannisters make interesting "drums" as well.

Here is a set of "Boomwhackers" (TM). These are plastic tubes tuned to the key of C. I bought this set from a local music store. The tubes are light weight enough to strike against my knees and shins. Perhaps similar instruments can be made from PVC, with the understanding one does not treat the PVC tubes the same way as one would these instruments. PVC is harder and thicker, after all.