Name and briefly describe the two kinds of drums being played in “Nag Biegu” CD 1:13

(See also Figure 3-3, WOM, p. 87).

What will be an ideal response?

• the gungon, a cylindrical drum with a snare (drum skin) on each end
• the luna, an hourglass-shaped drum (also with snares on both ends), which the drummer can alter in pitch by squeezing the leather cords strung between its two drum heads.
• a shoulder strap holds each kind of drum in position to receive strokes from a curved wooden stick.

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