membranophone

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Noun

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membranophone - a musical percussion instrument; usually consists of a hollow cylinder with a membrane stretched across each end drum, tympan bass drum, gran casa - a large drum with two heads; makes a sound of indefinite but very low pitch bongo, bongo drum - a small drum; played with the hands drumhead, head - a membrane that is stretched taut over a drum percussion instrument, percussive instrument - a musical instrument in which the sound is produced by one object striking another side drum, snare drum, snare - a small drum with two heads and a snare stretched across the lower head tabor, tabour - a small drum with one head of soft calfskin tambour - a drum tambourine - a shallow drum with a single drumhead and with metallic disks in the sides tenor drum, tom-tom - any of various drums with small heads timbrel - small hand drum similar to a tambourine; formerly carried by itinerant jugglers