Udu Basics: Dry Textural Effect

Please note: For the purpose of demonstration I used the claytone #4 Udu Drum which is placed in the SoftPaw™ stand for the clearest view of the technique.

The Udu Drum is generally played in a seated position with the drum on the player's lap. If you do not have this particular Udu Drum, apply the side hole instruction to the lowest tone and the neck hole instruction to the highest tone.

As you rub the surface of the Udu Drum, you will notice that all the sounds are of a very dry nature. By using different parts of your hand you will notice the different sound qualities.

Entire hand.

Complete fingers

Tips of the fingers