Kazoo Covers are a series of instrumental tributes to well-known songs or themes performed with the kazoo, a type of membranophone that adds a “buzzing” no ...

Like books, music and song create community, reflect culture and history, and tell powerful stories. Use these resources to strike the right note in your Read Across America activities.

Water-Bottle Membranophone This surprising instrument is fun to make—and even more fun to play. Here, a water bottle and a paper tube make a membranophone —an instrument that produces sound from a ...

From popular songs and movie scenes to ancient scriptures, the significance of the Dhak, the local membranophone instrument, is evident in a multitude of media. The maddening bits of the Dhak ...

A music appreciation podcast about the building blocks that make up your favorite sounds. Music Blocks explores how songwriters and composers use sound to express their emotions and share their ...

Image Credits: Flickr Dhak is a membranophone instrument made out of wood and commercial hide. The person beating the dhak in rhythm is called a dhaaki. Playing the dhak is a great skill that requires ...

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Dhak being played during durga puja with cane sticks. This membranophone musical instrument is part of bengali culture and mostly seen during hindu festival of worshipping goddess durga.