rattle drums

Rattle drums are shaken membranophones, and, as their name indicates, they combine elements of both the rattle and the drum, and percussion is either by impact of the knotted ends of attached cords or leather thongs, or by partly filling the drum with pebbles. The former type is referred to as rattle drum with external percussion, the latter as rattle drum with internal percussion. In the former, the striking action of the human hand or drumstick has been abolished, and a...