Suruti Box, Cajun Accordian, Dolak, Dumbeck

The suruti box is a pleasant drone used primarily in the carnatic tradition, but seems to have spread to many other areas. I’ve found the cajun accordian, with its diatonic tuning and button keyboard a fun but challenging instrument — not exactly non-12, but not exactly 12 tone either. The dumbeck from middle-eastern tradition, and a small dolak from hindu tradition, are the best examples of afforadable hand-drums and available nearly everywhere these days. it is a little bit of work and effort to find and learn a few of the traditional rhythms, but much less so than western trap drums.

— Buzzy