Kyodo drum - Kyodoko

Japanese: 京堂鼓 - きょうどうこ
Kyodo drum - Kyodoko

...The wooden body is covered on both sides with cowhide, placed on a wooden frame, and struck from above with two wooden mallets. There are large and small drums; the larger ones with a lower pitch are called daodoko, nandoko, or taiko, while the smaller ones with a higher pitch are called kyodoko, senko, or koko. The taiko drum has a large drum surface and a wide variety of volumes and tones, and is used mainly in local instrumental ensembles that use the jubanko (ensemble using 10 different instruments) and fuchida, focusing on the rako (go)....

*Some of the terminology used in reference to "Kyodo-ko" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…木製の胴の両面に牛革を張り,木架上に設置して,2本の木槌で上から打奏する。大小の別があり,形が大きく音高が低いものを大堂鼓,南堂鼓,大鼓とも称し,形が小さく音高が高いものを京堂鼓,戦鼓,小鼓とも言う。大鼓は,鼓面の面積が大きく,音量や音色の変化も豊富で,主に十番鼓(10種の楽器を使っての合奏),吹打等の鑼鼓(らこ)(鑼)を中心とする各地の民間器楽合奏で用いられる。…

※「京堂鼓」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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