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]
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