Lag-na explained

Background:percussion
Names:Na
Classification:Frame drum
Hornbostel Sachs:211.32
Hornbostel Sachs Desc:Directly struck membranophone

A lag-na, or na, is an ancient Tibetan frame drum.[1] The drumhead has a minimum diameter of about one metre.[2] Like the dhyāngro (the principal drum of the jhakri shamans of Nepal), the lag-na has a carved, wooden handle.[3] One plays the na by striking its drumhead with a heavy percussion mallet.[2]

See also

Notes and References

  1. Book: Robertson, Alec . Stevens . Denis . Denis Stevens . 1960 . The Pelican History of Music: Ancient Forms to Polyphony . Harmondworth . Penguin Books . 70 . 220315541 .
  2. Book: Blades, James . James Blades

    . James Blades . 1992 . Percussion Instruments and Their History . 4th . Westport . Bold Strummer . 149 . 9780933224612 . 28230162 .

  3. Web site: Tibetan/Nepalese Shamanic Drums . Arnold . Christopher . Virtual Drum Museum . Christopher Arnold . 6 January 2014.