Talking Drum Definition

noun

A small West African drum, played with a curved stick and having a membrane stretched over one end or both ends of a narrow-waisted wooden frame by cords whose tension can be manually altered to vary the drum's tonality as it is played.

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(music) Any of several drums whose pitch can be regulated by squeezing the sides.

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Noun

Singular:

talking drum

Plural:

talking-drums

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