How to play the biangu

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When playing, the right hand holds a single hammer to strike. The medium-sized flat drum is mostly used in monasteries or Tibetan opera bands in the Kang dialect area.
The diameter of the drum surface is about 50 cm, and the height of the drum is about 20 cm. The skin of the drum is mostly made of wild goat skin. The edges of the skin are fixed with iron nails, wooden nails or glue. The skin of the drum is painted with green paint, and the heart of the drum is painted with Buddhist patterns. , exterior painted pattern decoration.

How to play the biangu

Hanging in the wooden frame or between the beams and pillars of the monastery, the performer strikes with a single or double hammer. In Tibetan opera bands, the drummer often plays both drums and cymbals, with a single cymbal in his right hand and a single cymbal in his left hand, and the two hands play in coordination with each other. Heart, left hand drumming side, rhythm changeable.
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Involving musical instruments

The flat drum (pinyin: Biǎn gǔ) is a percussion instrument, also known as the battle drum. It was used in religious music and folk weddings in the past, and is now used in folk musical ensembles, dances, lantern festivals, acrobatic troupes, and mass gongs and drums. Widely popular in Jilin Yanbian Korean Autonomous Prefecture and other Korean inhabited areas. It is Mongolian, Tibetan, Korean, Manchu, Naxi, Yi, Miao, Han and other ethnic groups who strike the membrane and sound. The flat drum is round, with a wooden frame, covered with sheepskin or cowhide on both sides, and tightened with ropes. The diameter of the drum surface is 37 to 45 cm.