recomended reading
 

Almeida, Bira. Capoeira - A Brazilian art form, 1986.

Bagchee, Sandeep. NAD - Understanding raga music, 1998.

Beck, John H. Encyclopedia of percussion, 1995.

Berliner, Paul F. The soul of mbira, 1978.

Bhattacharya, Dilip. Musical instruments of tribal India, 1999.

Blades, James. Percussion instruments and their history, 1970.

Blades, James. Early Percussion Instruments: From the Middle Ages to the Baroque, 1976.

Boggs, Vernon W. Salsiology, 1992.

Carrington, John F. Talking drums of Africa, 1949.

Dionisio, Giuseppe. Il volto della tradizione, 2003

Fryer, Peter. Rhythms of resistance, 2000.

Gerard, Charley.
Salsa - the rhythm of latin music, 1989.

Hart, Mickey. Drumming at the edge of magic, 1990.

Hart, Mickey. Planet drum, 1991.

Holmquist, Åke. Från signalgivning till regionmusik, 1974.

Howard, Joseph H. Drums in the Americas, 1967.

Jansen, Eva Rudy. Singing Bowls, 1992.

Karolyi, Otto. Traditional African & Oriental music, 1998.

Kjellström, Rolf & Rydving, Håkan. Den samiska trumman, 1988.

Kristel, Dru. Breath was the first drummer, 1995.

Mason, Bernard S. How to make drums, tomtoms & rattles, 1974.

McGowan, Chris & Pessanha, Ricardo. The Brazilian sound, 1998.

Munrow, David. Instruments of the middle ages and renaissance, 1976.

Olsson, Sture. Kroumata, 1985.

Ortiz, Fernando. Los instrumentos de la musica afrocubana 1&2, 1952.

Pentikäinen, Juha. Shamanism and culture, 1998.

Redmond, Layne. When the drummers were women, 1997.

Sachs, Curt. The history of musical instruments, 1940.

Schiller, Rina. The Lambeg and the Bodhrán, 2001.

Velez, María Teresa. Drumming for the gods, 2000.

Westman, Anna & Utsi, John E. Trumtid - Om samernas trummor och religion, 1998. (Nordiska Museet)

Wilcken, Luis. The drums of vodou, 1992.

Wilson, Sule Greg. The drummers path, 1992.