The drum book / by Satis N. Coleman.
| Author/creator | Coleman, Satis N. |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | New York : The John Day Company, ©1931. |
| Description | viii, 189 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Introduction. The first drum-makers ; Strange sounds ; Tree-drums ; The lali ; Drums or bells? ; Story of the first skin-covered drum ; Other stories ; Legend of the first rattle-drum ; Drum-worship ; Primitive man's use of drums -- The drums of Africa. Kinds of Africa drums ; Ways of drum-beating ; Uses of drums ; The drum as a musical instrument ; African drum language. Village drum calls, telegraph-drums, talking-drums ; Egyptian drums -- Drums of the older countries. Drums of ancient India ; The legend of Anaka and Alambara ; The king's sacred drum ; Drums of modern Indian ; The bronze drums of Burma ; The Karen legend ; The drums of China ; Japanese drums ; Drums with braces -- Drums of the American Indians. Indians famous for their drums ; Importance of drums to the Indian ; Primitive Indian drums ; The basket-drum ; Drums with skin heads ; Hand-drums ; Eskimo drums ; Ojibway drums ; Double-headed drums ; The water-drum ; Drum skins ; Preparation of deer-skin ; Smoking the skins ; Tuning the drum ; Drum decorations ; Drum-sticks ; Singing and dancing with the drum ; Animal dances ; Religious dances ; The pipe dance ; Indian societies ; The Midi ; "Drum religion" -- Modern drums. The white man's drums ; Drums in the army ; Pipe and tabor ; Kinds of modern drums ; The tambourine ; The kettle-drum ; Timpani music ; Timpani sticks ; The bass drum ; The snare drum ; The drum-roll ; Holding the sticks ; Muffled drums ; The tenor-drum -- How to make drums. Different kinds of drums ; Size and shape ; Possible material ; Finding the material. Getting the drum-body ready, the decoration, material for the drum-head ; How to put on a skin drum-head ; Four ways to fasten a single skin ; Four ways to fasten two skins to a drum-body ; How to use cloth for a drum-head ; Rubber drum-heads ; The drum-sticks ; Attachments for the drum -- Using the new drums. Experimenting with tones ; The drum sticks ; Two experiments in tapping ; Two different ways to beat the drum for marching ; More experiments with the drum ; Drum games. Loud and soft playing, high and low drumming, the double drum, song guessing, follow the leader, echoing rhythms, complex echoing, falling rain, galloping horses, the train, running water, making drum melodies, making rhythms, remembering rhythm signals -- Reading drum music. The need for writing and reading rhythms ; Note values ; Dotted notes ; Accent ; Measures ; Rests ; More drum rhythms -- Rhythms for dancing. Dancing to drum-beats. Hop step, sliding step, double-slide step, cross step, Indian step, dance compositions, dancing in six-eight meter, the shoemaker's dance, in the heel and toe dance, pop goes the weasel, children's polka, Swedish clap dance, dancing to drum and piano music -- Drum songs: and other drum music. Drums for singing ; Songs with drum accompaniment ; Original drum songs ; A round ; Drum duets ; The drum orchestra ; Orchestras with other instruments. |
| LCCN | 31003144 |
Availability
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| Music | Closed Stacks - Ask at Circulation Desk | ML1035.C7 D7 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |