Spoons - What east coast kitchen party would be complete without the spoons? I'm also working on the bones.
Bodhran (Irish drum) - It's a frame drum you play with a stick called a "beater" or "tipper." This drumming style tends to accent the dum-de-diddle-da, dum-de-diddle-da rythm characteristic of a lot of celtic and maritime music. It sounds really cool with chorus singing (ie. sea shanties).
Djembeh - A largish african skin drum. Wooden hourglass shape, with a very deep, very loud tone. You may have seen a few of them played by street urchins in Victoria. Very popular in drum circles.
Darbooka - A Turkish cousin to the Djembeh. The shell is a similar shape, with the same attribute of producing a surprisingly wide range of tones. This little guy has the advantage of being easily portable (made of aluminum), and not getting you evicted in a week.
Udu - LOVE IT!! Amazing clay pot drum with no skin. There are two openings which allow you to control the motion of the air out of the chamber and therefore get really cool low liquidy sounds as well as almost a clinking sound. It's a bit like a talking drum and Tabla mixed together.
Tickle Trunk: Shakers, claves, cabasa, bricks, cowbell (More Cowbell!!), saw, chimes, suitcase, cardboard box, triangle, tamborine...all kinds of stuff. Great fun to pull out at parties and see what people can come up with.
