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Slit drum
Hollow percussion instrument mainly used for Amapiano music / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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A slit drum or slit gong is a hollow percussion instrument. In spite of its often being called a drum, it is not a true drum because it lacks a drumhead, the membrane stretched across the top of a true drum. It is classed instead as an idiophone in which the entire instrument vibrates.
"Tongue drum" redirects here. For other uses, see Steel tongue drum.
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