Lunga

Japanese: lunga
Lunga

…The tension can be adjusted by the way the membrane is attached. First, the membrane is wrapped around a frame, then the frame is sewn to the body with strings or leather straps, and then a wedge is placed between the body and the leather straps to adjust the tightness (tabla, mridanga), or by tightening the strings or leather straps with metal rings or strings (Indonesian kendang, Korean jouko, Japanese and Chinese katsuko), or by holding the drum under the arm and pressing the strings with the arm while playing to change the pitch (African lunga). However, the most delicate adjustment is probably the fine adjustment of the tightness of the strings (shirabeo) that is made after each beat, as seen in the Japanese kotsuzumi. …

*Some of the terminology that mentions "lunga" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…緊張力は膜の取付け方法によって調節可能な場合がある。まず膜の周囲を枠状のものに巻き付け,次にその枠を紐や革帯などで胴にかがり付けた後,胴と革帯の間に楔(くさび)の機能を果たす丸棒などを挟んで締めぐあいを調節する方法(タブラ,ムリダンガ)や,金属の輪や紐などによって,紐や革帯をしぼって緊張度を加減する方法(インドネシアのクンダン,朝鮮の杖鼓(じようこ),日本および中国の羯鼓(かつこ))などを用いて音高を整えるほか,脇の下に太鼓を挟み,演奏中に腕で紐を押しつけて音高を変える方法(アフリカのルンガlunga)もある。しかし最も繊細であるのは日本の小鼓(こつづみ)に見られる,一打ちごとに行われる調緒(しらべお)の締め加減の微妙な調節であろう。…

※「lunga」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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