About Frame Drums

And almost Japanese drums are performed by using sticks, not fingers!
I wonder why our culture didn't chose frame drums in our history, and didn't use fingers to play drums.
I want to research it in near future.

But, that is the reason why (to play frame drums with fingers) I devoted to the frame Drums.
Using fingers, we can express more delicately....like a piano.
As a pianist, I fall in love with this instrument at first.

And also I was attracted by its sound.
The overtone sounds richly, I was really healed by it.
Beside, it has a spiritual backbone.
I think this instruments unify my life.

I feel to call by Frame Drum.
It leads me to the fantastic world of sounds now.

I want to tell about Frame Drums....its history or types.
But I don't know much about them, because Japanese culture doesn't have frame drums in its history.

Please look at Mr. Peyman Nasehpour's article.
He is a famous Tonbek player and lives in Iran.
He familiars very much with frame drums and his articles are very useful.
   Peyman and his Tonbek

Tambourines are also one of frame drums and in Japan we learned tambourine in our school age.
If we have had good teacher or great player of this instrument, there are many frame drummers every where in Japan.
Please look at Mr. Andrea Piccioni's web site.
He is a Italian Tamburello player also plays other frame drums.
You can find the video of his fantastic play in his site.