Mission Del Rey Blog

Native American drums such as those made by the Tarahumara Indians have a wonderful variation of tone across the surface of the drum head. These drums are made by hand with natural rawhide rather than modern materials. The characteristics of the sound they create are quite unique, and are often at the center of powwows or personal drumming groups. People who play Indian drums vary the tone of the drum in two or three ways. This is done mainly by the strength of the strike with the drum …