The frame drum is an ancient instrument that has been played in most cultures for thousands of years as a healing tool and a vehicle for self transformation and ceremony.

Believed to have evolved from the grain seive, it's a deceptively simple instrument that has the rawhide of a sacred animal stretched over a wooden frame.  

It was the main instrument of worship for millenia.  When Rome adopted Christianity around 200AD, it was made an act of heresy to play the frame drum.

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The Healing Power of the Frame Drum

Egyptian Goddess Hathor playing her frame drum to the Hawk God Horus

The Tah is a beautiful small open backed frame drum played predominantly with the fingers of both hands.

There are many styles of frame drum that I play and teach people to make and play.  Here are a few.