Lithuanian folk instruments
Lithuanian percussion instruments
Percussion in Lithuanian folk culture includes dance rhythm, ritual noise, wooden signal tools, and small instruments made for movement and sound.
Rhythm, signal, and ritual noise
Percussion in Lithuanian tradition is not only dance rhythm. It also includes seasonal noise, wooden signal tools, bells, clappers, and movement-based sound.
Percussion guides
Read about Lithuanian drums, clappers, rattles, bells, and wooden signal instruments.
In Lithuanian tradition, būgnas is a struck membranophone used from old times as a ritual and signaling instrument, a military kettledrum, and later a rhythm-supporting instrument in bands and orchestras.
Būgnelis, or tambourine, is a small Lithuanian struck membranophone: a skin-covered frame with metal plates or jingles that supports rhythm in village bands and folklore ensembles.
Kelmas is a drum type common in Žemaitija, with a body made from a whole or rotten tree stump and one end covered with dog or goat skin.