Drums in the Americas: the history and development of drums in the new world from the pre-columbian era to modern times /

The drum is the most universally distributed of all instruments. There is no ethnic group anywhere in the world that doesn't know the drum. This comprehensive volume by Dr. Joseph H. Howard, one of the country's leading authorities on drums, relates the complete storyâfrom primitive origin...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Howard, Joseph H.
Format:	Book
Language:	Spanish English
Published:	New York: Oak Archives, 1967.
Edition:	Primera edición.
Subjects:	Drums Tambores

Table of Contents:

I Text Figures
II Illustrations
III Introduction
Chapter 1 Drums in Retrospect
Chapter 2 Classification
Chapter 3 Construction
Chapter 4 Amerindian Music
Chapter 5 Amerindian Drums of North America
Chapter 6 Indigenous Drums of Central America
Chapter 7 Amerindian Drums of South America
Chapter 8 European-American Percussion
Chapter 9 European-American Drums
Chapter 10 African and Aframerican Influence (Parts A, B, and C)
Chapter 11 Afro-American Drums
Chapter 12 Our Asiatic and Oceanic Heritage
Chapter 13 Asian and Oceanian-American Drums
Chapter 14 African Drums
Chapter 15 Rhythm and Drumming
Chapter 16 Drum Accessories and Auxiliary Instruments
Chapter 17 Drumlore
Chapter 18 Reflections and Projections
IV Glossary of unusual drums and terms
V Bibliography
VI Notes
VII Index.

Drums in the Americas: the history and development of drums in the new world from the pre-columbian era to modern times /

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