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Frame Drums in Film Music, World Music and the Studio
Where are frame drums used in modern production? Texture in film scoring, world-music fusion, layering in the studio and sitting an acoustic take against a grid.
5 min readCulture & HistoryA History of Frame Drums: From Mesopotamia to the Present
The history of frame drums: from Mesopotamian temples and the Bisotun reliefs to the Irish bodhrán and the Brazilian pandeiro.
4 min readCulture & HistoryWomen Players and the Frame Drum Tradition: An Ancient Bond
The frame drum and women players: tracing a strong tradition from ancient depictions through domestic ceremony to today's stages and workshops.
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