, Algeria The bandir often has a snare (usually made of
gut) stretched across the head, which gives the tone a buzzing quality when the drum is struck with the fingers or palm. The drum is played in a vertical position. One holds the drum by looping the thumb of the non-dominant hand through a hole in the frame. Similar frame drums include the
tar of
Egypt and the
bodhrán of
Ireland. Unlike the bendir, the tar does not have a snare on the back of the frame, and the bodhrán is played with a
beater. ==See also==