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Roosebeck 12" Frame Drum, Rosewood Shaman Drum with Beater

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12" Diameter Rosewood Frame Fixed Goatskin Head Leather Beater Included Shaman Style

Ideal for: Drum circles, sound healing, meditation, classroom percussion, and beginning hand-drum players

A 12-inch shaman-style frame drum with a deep, resonant voice.

Frame drums are the oldest documented drums in human history, found across nearly every culture from the Arctic to the Middle East. This 12-inch Roosebeck is built in the shaman style, deep tone, simple form, ready to play. The rosewood frame holds a fixed goatskin head, and the included leather beater gives you the warm, rounded attack frame drums are known for. No tuning, no setup, just pick it up and play.

Deep, Resonant, Meditative Tone

The 12-inch goatskin head produces a deep, full tone with substantial sustain. Struck with the leather beater in the center, you get a deep boom; struck closer to the rim, the tone tightens and gains overtones. The instrument responds to where and how hard you play.

About goatskin: Natural goatskin produces a warmer, more organic tone than synthetic heads. It also responds to environmental conditions, slightly different on humid versus dry days, which is part of its character.

Solid Rosewood Frame, Hand-Stretched Head

The frame is solid rosewood, dense and resonant. The goatskin head is stretched and fixed across the frame, ready to play out of the box. There's no tuning hardware, frame drums in this tradition are fixed-tension instruments, valued for their pure, simple voice.

Why rosewood: The dense hardwood reflects sound back into the head rather than absorbing it, giving the drum a fuller, more focused voice than softwood frames.

Easy to Hold, Easy to Play

Hold the drum vertically by gripping the inside of the frame with one hand, and strike the head with the included leather beater in the other. You can also play with bare hands for a different tonal palette. Position your striking hand toward the center for deep boom tones, toward the rim for higher, more articulate sounds.

New to frame drums? There's no wrong way to play. Frame drums have been used in ritual, healing, meditation, and music-making for millennia precisely because they're so accessible.

Technical Specifications

Diameter 12 inches
Depth ~2 inches
Frame Solid Rosewood
Head Natural goatskin, fixed tension
Beater Leather, included

What's in the Box

Everything you need to start playing.

12" Frame Drum Leather Beater Owner's Guide (PDF)

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Roosebeck 12" Frame Drum, Rosewood Shaman Drum with Beater

$49
$49
Tradition you can feel, craftsmanship you can hear.
Solid tonewoods
Cured, cut, and chosen for sound.
Voiced by hand
Fretboards dressed, action set, bridges fit by our luthiers.
Made to be played
Built for working musicians, designed to sound better the more you play it.
Since 1973
Five decades of building instruments that last generations.

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