KTRAINDATW

H - INSTRUMENTS

Hachi

Japanese Cymbal

Hachi is a sino-Japanese word for the number "eight", but is also used to refer to a cymbal used in Buddhist ceremonies.

Hackbräde

Swedish Dulcimer

The Hackbräde is a hammered dulcimer from Sweden.

Hang

Swiss Percussion Instrument

The Hang is a musical instrument in the idiophone class created by Felix Rohner and Sabina Schärer in Bern, Switzerland. The instrument is constructed from two half-shells of deep drawn, nitrided steel sheet glued together at the rim leaving the inside hollow and creating a distinct 'UFO shape'. The top ("Ding") side has a center 'note' hammered into it and seven or eight 'tone fields' hammered around the center. The bottom ("Gu") is a plain surface that has a rolled hole in the center with a tuned note that can be created when the rim is struck.

Hakgediya

Sri Lankan Instrument

The Hakgediya, a conch-shell, is blown in a slow and dramatic way to announce the opening of grand ceremonial dances or events. As the dancer expels air into the shell, he theatrically widens his chest, throwing his head back before the long note ends. It is not a percussion instrument per se, but it has a very rhythmic role.

Halile

Turkish Drum

The halile, a small double drum, was one of four main instruments used in dervish mystical music, the others being the ney, rebap and kudum. A slightly bigger version and a name change to "nakkare" occurred as the drum moved into a secular context, such as mehter music, enriched with instruments such as the tambur, kemençe and kanun.

Hammered Dulcimer

Stringed Percussion Instrument

The hammered dulcimer is a percussion-stringed instrument which consists of strings stretched over a trapezoidal resonant sound board. The musician, seated on the floor, or standing or sitting at a wooden stand, holds a small spoon shaped mallet hammer in each hand to strike the strings.

Hi-Hat

The Standard Hi-Hat

A hi-hat, an essential part of the standard drum kit, consist of a mating pair of small to medium-sized cymbals mounted on a stand, with the two cymbals facing each other. The bottom cymbal is fixed and the top is mounted on a rod which moves the top cymbal towards the bottom one when a foot pedal is depressed or "closed".

Hira-daiko

flat drum. General term for a drum wider than it is deep.

Horanawa

Sri Lankan Drum

The Horanawa is an oboe-like instrument played during traditional ceremonies in Buddhist temples to accompany the percussive instruments and dance. Not a percussion instrument, but often used in an accompanying percussive role.

Hosho

Zimbabwean Rattle

The hosho is an internal-seed rattle idiophone common throughout Zimbabwe especially amongst the Shona and the Ndebele peoples. Hosho are present in nearly all forms of ensemble music in Zimbabwe from spirit possession ceremonies to recreational dance drumming.

Huada

Chilean maracas.

Huēhuētl

Aztec Drum

The huēhuētl is a deep, resounding percussion instrument from Mexico, used by the Aztecs and other cultures. It is an upright tubular drum made from a wooden body opened at the bottom that stands on three legs cut from its base, with skin stretched over the top. It can be beaten by hand or wood mallet.

Hummel

Dutch/Flemish instrument of the dulcimer family.

Hyoshigi

Japanese Clappers

Wooden blocks used as clappers, struck at the tips.