Eli5 – Why are drums round? Is it something to do with the shape that determines the ability to hit something and get a percussive sound out of stretched materials?

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Eli5 – Why are drums round? Is it something to do with the shape that determines the ability to hit something and get a percussive sound out of stretched materials?

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Answer 1

My thoughts.

1. Easier to make and stretch evenly.
2. The membrane is mentioned to produce kind of a basic harmonic wave. Other formes of a drum will produce more complex sound spectrum.