The riq is an Arabic tambourine widely used in classical music.
Goatskin drumhead.
Measurements: 25x6cm.
5 pairs of 1mm thick brass jingles and 10 tuning points with Allen key.
Handcrafted by Victor Barral, an internationally recognized builder.
By having tuners, you can compensate for changes in head tension due to weather changes.
Galician traditional drum.
Diameter: 25cms. - Height: 20cm.
Birch body and rings of 8 mm (5 layers).
Traditional rope tensioners.
The specified height is the distance between drumheads. Wooden rings that hold the skin protrude about 5 cm more.
Serves the bags ref. 2746 and 1819
Made in Spain.
Square drum to play with drumstick.
Goatskin.
Mixed patch of skin with hair on one side and without hair on the other.
Dimensions: 40 x 40 x 7 cm.
With tensioners integrated into the frame.
Made in Spain by Victor Barral.
IMPORTANT: Being a completely handmade instrument, the craftsman can make slight modifications, which will generally involve improvements, which may make the photos slightly different from the current ones.
If you play it with the drumstick on the side that has hair, they sound less harmonic (more defined sound), but the sound with the hand on the other side is still sharp.
Traditional bass drum with rope and leather tensioners. Shell and 8mm birch wood rings (5 sheets). Goatskin drumheads with wooden ring. Gonalca, Made in Spain.
The specified measurements are patch diameter x heads spacing.
Shaker made of plastic and natural skin. They can produce different patterns and pitch can be controlled by pressing harder or lighter on their skin surface. Usually played together to create a talking effect, they can be used for call and answer patterns in addition to standard shaker parts
Tam Tam Gong 25cm
Tam Tam gongs have a curved edge, which makes them have a more concentrated sound, not as expansive as Feng gongs.
They have 3 zones with different colors and thicknesses. The center and the rim are black and a central golden area is lowered and therefore finer.
Comes with a traditional-style fabric ball mallet and sturdy rope for hanging
Material: 7 metals
Rich in harmonics
Gong Made in Wuhan (China) in a traditional way
The gongs can have different sound even if they are of the same size since the sound also depends on the thickness and any small variation that may have occurred in its construction, as it is handmade. If you are interested in any size, you can request sound samples of those we have available.
Macrame lattice with seeds or wooden beads enclosing a hollow gourd, 2 models, different sizes. Used by many percussion ensembles in Ghana, Cameroon, Nigeria etc. to energize their rhythms. A sound range from murmur to the roaring sea.
