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Nesting Drum Set

Available from Village Music Circles

Nesting Drums are constructed of a simple shell with carrying strap.
They have an easily removable head on each end that varies in thickness, thus, the drum has a low pitch head on one side and a high pitch on the other.
They are indestrutable and kid proof.
Nesting Drums nest inside each other so that you could carry six drums in one drum, or three inside two drums.

The versatility of these drums can best be described by 5 different configurations that they can be manipulated into, with each arrangement representing the 5 different types of universal drums found throughout the world. The following is a description of the history of the five drum styles, their origin, and how the nesting drums can be used to match each style.

Thick Headed Body Drums are any single-headed hand drum whose head thickness resembles cow skin, water buffalo skin, or a very thick goat skin. Conga drums from Cuba, Ngoma drums from the Congo, and some Cariba drums from the Caribbean fit into this category. The tone note of this type of drum has a soft deep resonance that lends it self to “melody line turning.” By taking the thin head side of the nesting drum off the shells and playing with both your hands on the thick heads that are left, you have a set of six thick headed body drums that are tuned to each other from very low to very high. with this configuration you also have six thin headed frame drums.

Thin Headed Body Drums are any single headed hand drum that has a thin goat or antelope skin as a head. The most recognizable thin-headed body drum is the Djembe from west Africa and the Ashiko from Nigeria. By taking the thick head side of the nesting drum off the shells and playing with both your hands on the thin heads that are left, you have a set of six thin-headed body drums that are tuned to each other from very low to very high. With this configuration you also have six thick-headed frame drums.

Frame Drums are recognized as drums whose drumhead diameter is larger than its body. There are many types of hand drums found around the world that fit this description. By simply removing and using the twelve heads from the six Nesting Drum shells you have twelve frame drums, each with a different pitch. Six low pitch frame drums, (thick heads), and six high pitch frame drums with thin heads.

Double Headed Bass Drums are the deep resonating bottom drums in any drum ensemble. With both heads left on the drum you can hit the thin-headed side with a soft mallet and it will sound like a South America Surdo drum. Turning the drums over and hitting the thick-headed side with a drum stick and they sound like a tuned set of six Djuns Djuns.

Tambor Drums are double-headed drums that are played with one hand on each side. Tambor drums always have a high pitch side played with one hand and a lower pitched side played with the other hand. These types of drums can be found in Puerto Rico called Mooring drums, in Cuba called Bata drums, and in India. As a Tambor drum kit you will have six tuned drums.

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