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Two high spots in the program included a solo at the beginning in which the toes, heels and edges of Glover's feet produced a wide range of high and low tones similar to a West African master drummer who uses the drum's edges, middle, lip and sides to vary tone and dynamics.

Savion Glover at Strathmore: Music, tap don't always play together 2011

From Faye's discovery, we trace the drum's passage both backward and forward in time, from the reservation on the northern plains to New Hampshire and back.

The Painted Drum by Louise Erdrich: Book summary 2010

"It's carding the wool, and carding is basically brushing the wool out," she explains as the drum's teeth yank the wool in, chew on it, and then spit it out the other side.

California Woman Uses Local Cotton, Wool for her Clothes 2010

"It's carding the wool, and carding is basically brushing the wool out," she explains as the drum's teeth yank the wool in, chew on it, and then spit it out the other side.

California Woman Uses Local Cotton, Wool for her Clothes 2010

But the drum's transforming power also binds its listeners in a powerful circle.

Archive 2009-01-01 Rus Bowden 2009

The precise construction and shaping of this area is responsible for modification of the drum's natural overtones, resulting in the clarity of pitch and variety of tonal possibilities unique to this instrument.

Archive 2009-10-01 photographerno1 2009

Then just learn the basics: the bas, played on the drum's center; the tone, hit on the edge; the slap (a real art), tapped on the rim with a cupped hand.

Music: The Beat Goes On 2008

And the leaking, like a rusting, rotting, toxic drum's contents oozing into a town's formerly pure water supply grows, from a drop here or there to .... a regular flow ... the 2008 political season approaches full bloom.

Printing: Rove's Obama Hit-Job Re-Run Oozes Out of Murdoch's Wall Street Journal Op-Ed Section 2008

I removed the laundry and set it on top of the dryer, then replaced the drum's contents with my own things.

Laundry Etiquette 2006

And the leaking, like a rusting, rotting, toxic drum's contents oozing into a town's formerly pure water supply grows, from a drop here or there to .... a regular flow ... the 2008 political season approaches full bloom.

Rove's Obama Hit-Job Re-Run Oozes Out of Murdoch's Wall Street Journal Op-Ed Section 2008