The instruments pictured here and on the homepage are the actual instruments you will play.
Bongos–Afro-Cuban instrument consisting of two different sized cow-skin drums (pictured top).
Cajon–wooden bongos–bongos made of wood (pictured left).
Castanets–concave, shell-shaped wooden pieces that are tied together with string and clicked together.
Claves–percussion instrument made of thick dowels.
Congas–tall, narrow, cow-skin, single-headed drum from Cuba.
Cowbell–not just for cows (more cowbell)!
Darbuka–goblet drum very similar to the doumbek.
Djembe–rope tuned, goat-skin goblet drum from Africa (pictured right).
Doumbek–goblet drum with a synthetic head used in the middle-east and North Africa.
Frame drum–drum that has a drumhead width greater than its depth.
Guiro–Latin-American hollow instrument with notches that are rubbed with a stick.
Rainstick–even for when you don’t want it to rain!
Rhythm sticks–long thin wooden sticks, struck fast enough can start fires.
Small log drum–hollow wooden drum with slits cut into the shape of an H.
Tamborine–frame percussion instrument with jingles, sometimes with a drumhead.
Tone block–hollow instrument hit with a small stick.
Triangle–bar of metal bent into a triangular shape hit with a metal striker.
**Caution: Playing percussion instruments can become addictive!