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The is a small Japanese drum. It has a short but wide body with animal skin drumheads on both its upper and bottom sides. The hide is first stretched on metal hops, then stretched over the body. Similar to the tsuzumi and to African talking drums, both drum heads are bound together with cords so that the drum heads are bound by each other. Like the larger
Japanese Traditional Music
* ''Shime-Daiko'' {{Authority control Drums Membranophones Japanese musical instruments
The is a small Japanese drum. It has a short but wide body with animal skin drumheads on both its upper and bottom sides. The hide is first stretched on metal hops, then stretched over the body. Similar to the tsuzumi and to African talking drums, both drum heads are bound together with cords so that the drum heads are bound by each other. Like the larger taiko
are a broad range of Traditional Japanese musical instruments, Japanese percussion instruments. In Japanese language, Japanese, the term refers to any kind of drum, but outside Japan, it is used specifically to refer to any of the various J ...
drums, the shime-daiko is played with sticks called " bachi," while it's suspended on a stand. Being very taut, the shime-daiko has a higher pitch than that of normal taiko. Shime-daiko are used in various Japanese music ensembles, from nagauta, hayashi, taiko
are a broad range of Traditional Japanese musical instruments, Japanese percussion instruments. In Japanese language, Japanese, the term refers to any kind of drum, but outside Japan, it is used specifically to refer to any of the various J ...
, to folk music, or min'yō ensembles.
Shime-daiko have been used in Japanese music genre since the ''dengaku'' of the Middle Ages.
Etymology
The word "shime-daiko" comes from a larger word "tsukeshime-daiko" () often shortened to simply, "shime-daiko" or "shime". The prefix "tsukeshime" () incorporates the verbs ''tsukeru'' (, "to fasten; to attach"), and ''shimeru'' (, "to fasten; to tie"); the compound connotes a tight, secure fastening.References
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* ''Shime-Daiko'' {{Authority control Drums Membranophones Japanese musical instruments