Optimum Taiko Drum - 35cm Shimedaiko Bolt Tuned with Stand

Optimum Taiko Drum - 35cm Shimedaiko Bolt Tuned with Stand: each

Includes:

• Bolt-tuned Shimedaiko
• Folding X-Stand
• Bachi Sticks

The shime-daiko is a small Japanese drum. It has a short but wide body with animal skin drumheads on both its upper and bottom sides. Like the larger taiko drums, the shime-daiko is played with sticks called 'bachi' while on a stand.

Being very taut, the shime-daiko has a higher pitch than that of other taiko drums. Shime-daiko are used in various Japanese music ensembles, from nagauta, hayashi, taiko, to folk music, or min'yō ensembles.

The word 'shime-daiko' comes from a larger word 'tsukeshime-daiko' often shortened to simply, 'shime-daiko' or 'shime'. The prefix "tsukeshime" incorporates the verbs tsukeru "to fasten; to attach", and shimeru "to fasten; to tie" the compound connotes a tight, secure fastening.