The word taiko (太鼓) means simply "great drum" in Japanese. Outside Japan, the word is often used to refer to any of the various Japanese drums (和太鼓, 'wa-daiko', "Japanese drum", in Japanese) and to the relatively recent art-form of ensemble taiko drumming (sometimes called more specifically, "kumi-daiko" (組太鼓).
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Hydaiko - A network site for taiko players. The site serves as a place where people with a new idea can find Taiko players.
Kumidaiko.com - Provides daily news about Japanese drumming. Offers a forum and a store with taiko-related merchandise.
Kuni's HomePage - Information about Hi no Taiko with photographs and audio samples of performances with explanations and terms, a Yoko-bue, the Japanese bamboo flute, tutorial, and links to Taiko sites. [Japanese, English]
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Rolling Thunder - Provides a resource for information about Japanese Taiko drumming. Offers sales of Taiko Drums and instruments.
Meta Description: [ Rolling Thunder - The Total Taiko Resource, Taiko and Kagura performances, workshops and lessons ]
Taiko Drums From A Small Planet - Listen to and play taiko, information about the Minnesota based dance and taiko group Sanseiyonseikai, and links.
Taiko Ring International - Websites that promote the art and history of taiko drumming.
Meta Description: [ Taiko Ring International promotes the art and history of taiko drumming. This ring is to help people understand and appreciation taiko and locate performance groups in their area. Companies which prod ]
Taiko.us - Resources for new groups. Free web sites, public domain music to play and teaching drills to use in classes.
Meta Description: [ Central Taiko resource for new and emerging
Taiko groups. ]
TaikoInfo.org - Provides a detailed and accurate source of information on the Japanese instruments and related goods of ensemble taiko, or kumidaiko
The Beat Goes On - An article by Wendy Whiteside on the evolution of taiko to its modern day form. References and links.
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