There are different types of drums.

Types of drums // Descriptions: 


Box drum - A drum shaped like a cube.

Frame drum - A shallow drum with a wide drum head.

Friction drum - A drum that produces by rubbing instead of beating.

Bass drum - A large drum that produces the lowest tone.

Two-headed drum - Any drum that features two drum heads, such as one at each end of a cylinder.

Kettle drum - A hemispherical drum with a bowl-shaped body of metal or fiberglass. 

Jug drum - A drum that uses a pottery jug for the drum chamber; the drummer raps on the pottery itself rather than on a drum head.

Hand drum - A drum that is played with the bare hands rather than with a tool such as a beater or sticks.

Scare drum - A drum with wires that vibrate when the drum head is beaten and produces a buzzing sound. 

Slit long drum - a hollow piece of wood or bamboo with slits cut along the length.

Standing drum - A very tall drum that stands on the floor.

Stir drum - A stir drum has no drum head but is played by moving a beater around the inside of a wooden cylinder made of graduated lengths of wood; it resembles a xylophone that has been curled around rather than laid flat.

Talking drum - A drum that produces different tones, which resemble speech, and is used to communicate over distances. 

Goblet drum - A drum that is narrow at the base and flares out at the top, like a goblet.