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- Double-headed bass drum, used in masquerades and fife and drum ensembles (en)
- Goatskin frame drum, played with the back of the hand, front of the fingers and the palm, used to attract spirits for the jumbie dance (en)
- Intermediate-sized batá goblet-shaped drum, made of wood and covered with skin, along with the iyá and okónkolo; wax-like substance called ida or fardela sometimes used to produce a duller sound (en)
- Hand drum, formerly made of barrels, now more often rum casks; wider and higher-tuned cousin of the boula, used in the Big Drum tradition, barrel contains a hole on the side, skin is stretched by a hoop wrapped in cloth (en)
- Family of four drums used in the Haitian-Cuban Arada ceremonies, consisting of hugán, xumpé, hun-hogúlo and huní (en)
- Small and high pitched drums, played with sticks, used in Carnival, specifically mizik a mas a Sen Jan (en)
- Drum used in Afro-Cuban Abakuá societies, small enkomo drum of the biankomeko ensemble, along with the kuchiyeremá and biapá, and the taller bonkó enchemiyá (en)
- Smaller folk long drum made from a tree trunk, used singly in ensembles called palos, of the Afro-Dominican religious ceremonies, played either in pairs or trios, with single skin heads either pegged or tacked (en)
- Smaller drum used in Kélé rituals, literally child drum (en)
- Used in the Burru rituals, now imported to Rastafarian music (en)
- Small double-headed drum, used in merengue only in the south of the country (en)
- Kettle drum with a goatskin head, used in the Muslim Hosay ritual (en)
- Cylindrical drums with double skins, middle-sized drum of the set with bembe and oumalay drums; since introduced to Guyana (en)
- Medium-sized drum that supports dancers, played in pairs, with one played solo, and both played bare-handed, used among the Alukuó Maroons (en)
- Single-headed barrel drum, played open handed, drum heads attached with hoops, accompanies kalenda stick fighting (en)
- Small conical hand drum, improvises over the other drum rhythms, used in plena (en)
- Open-bottomed, goatskin-headed, made from barrels or tree trunks, smaller partner of the tambou, used in the belair dance (en)
- Cylindrical drums with double skins, middle-sized drum of the set with bembe and conga drums (en)
- Drum with straight but sloping sides, closest to being a classic goblet drum, variation on a batá drum (en)
- Intermediate-sized yuka tubular drum, along with caja and cachimbo (en)
- Double-headed bass drum, used in Muslim Hosay rituals, now widespread among Afro-Trinidadians and others (en)
- Medium-sized barrel-shaped hand drum of the tumbadora family (en)
- Afro-Guyanese bass drum, used in folk music traditions (en)
- Largest of the four drums used in the Haitian-Cuban Arada ceremonies, along with xumpé, hun-hogúlo and huní (en)
- Small barrel drum, used in Creole instrumental ensembles and kaseko, used to improvise for dancing while the tambou foulé plays a basic rhythm, head typically made of goatskin, attached with a vine or iron hoop (en)
- Family of three drums: iyá, itótele and okónkolo, used in Lucumi religious rites, all goblet-shaped and with two goatskin heads called tcha-tchás, sometimes with a nut inside , both for aural and spiritual reasons (en)
- Family of hand drums, used in lewoz and other traditions, as well as zouk (en)
- cylindrical drum with three windows near the base so the drummer can play it easily, decorated with brightly colored kerchiefs (en)
- Afro-Cuban Abakuá drum ensemble, consisting of four drums: bonkó enchemiyá and enkomo: biapá, arobapá, and kuchiyeremá (en)
- Bass drum, double-headed, played with sticks, used in Carnival, specifically mizik a mas Byé Fò (en)
- Small enkomo drum of the biankomeko ensemble, along with the arobapá and biapá, and the taller bonkó enchemiyá (en)
- Small enkomo drum of the biankomeko ensemble, along with the biapá, arobapá, and kuchiyeremá, and the taller bonkó enchemiyá (en)
- Afro-Bermudan drum, related to the Bahamian goombay, used in the genre of the same name (en)
- Barrel drum made from hardwood and topped with animal skin (en)
- Long drum, made from a hollowed-out tree trunk and topped with animal skin (en)
- Single-headed hand drum, similar to tambou bèlè and played transversally and single-handed, produces lower sounds and the basic rhythms of the music, used in gwo ka, Carnival, wrestling matches and wakes (en)
- Kettledrum, played in pairs, made from containers used to boil sugarcane juice, with tension lugs to adjust the tightness of the single-head, closed bottom (en)
- Cylindrical drum headed with cowskin, attached with cords, comes in two varieties: loango and juba (en)
- Kettle drum, accompaniment to stilt dancers and Christmas music (en)
- Miniature version of the tymbale, beaten with two sticks (en)
- Smallest of the four drums used in the Haitian-Cuban Arada ceremonies, along with hugán, xumpé and hun-hogúlo (en)
- Single-headed three-legged friction drum used in Abakuá ceremonies, played by rubbing a stick over the membrane, which is attached using wedges whose tightness can be modified (en)
- Small frame drum played with both striking and rubbing, used in indoor music, and quadrilles, ladja and gwo ka, and in the Tamil music of Indo-Caribbean Martinique (en)
- Afro-Guyanese cylindrical drum (en)
- Any kind of Dominican or Grenadan folk drum (en)
- Small barrel frame drum, headed with goatskin; a cord with an attached bead is placed on the drumskin to add a buzzing quality to the sound, used to accompany work songs (en)
- Bamboo stomping tubes, sometimes played in groups (en)
- Bass drum, played with sticks (en)
- Carried with a strap, used in marching bands (en)
- Cuban conga drum, barrel-shaped hand drum (en)
- Cylindrical folk drums (en)
- Double-headed barrel drum, used in scratch bands (en)
- Double-headed drum, used in chutney (en)
- Doubled headed side snare drum, used in tuk bands (en)
- Generic term for drums (en)
- Goat- or cow-skin drum, heated to produce a pitch (en)
- Goatskin-headed tambourine, used in secular music (en)
- Hollowed-out tree trunk with skins at either end (en)
- Goatskin-headed drum traditionally made from improvised materials , goatskin is tuned by heating it with a candle and attached with nails, used in the Bahamian genre of the same name (en)
- Small, high-pitched, plays complex, syncopated rhythms, covered with a goat skin, used in Kumina, open end sometimes struck with sticks (en)
- Hand drum with a cowhide head, pegged in place and with a decorated collar, used in many Afro-Haitian musics, used in rada, petwo and other folk traditions (en)
- Kettle drum, used in masquerades (en)
- Long drum, made from a hollow log, used in tambú (en)
- Large barrel drum, used in Creole instrumental ensembles and kaseko, plays a basic rhythm accompanied by the tambou koupé, head typically made of goatskin, attached with a vine or iron hoop (en)
- Cylindrical drum, small and wooden with goatskin at one end, strapped across the shoulder and played with two sticks, used in chanté mas (en)
- Shorter and squatter variety of petwo (en)
- Small drum, decorated with shells and tin (en)
- Small drum, used among the Alukuó Maroons (en)
- Small rural folk handheld frame drum (en)
- Smallest drum of the conga family (en)
- Snare drum, used in fife and drum ensembles (en)
- Snare drum, used in kaseko (en)
- Small, skin-covered bass drum, common among the rural Afro-Surinamese (en)
- Taller and narrower variety of petwo (en)
- Unstrung banjo with a drumhead attached (en)
- Second-largest of the four drums used in the Haitian-Cuban Arada ceremonies, along with hugán, hun-hogúlo and huní (en)
- Large Afro-Surinamese bass drum with a cymbal on top, used in kaseko (en)
- Smallest yuka tubular drum, along with caja and mula (en)
- Cylindrical drum used in the dance of the same name, has a wire stretched across the single goatskin head (en)
- Small cylindrical, or slightly tapered, goatskin-headed drums of the biankomeko ensemble, consisting of three types: biapá, arobapá, and kuchiyeremá (en)
- Double-headed drum that keeps the ground rhythm and is slung across the drummers' shoulder, used in tuk bands (en)
- Barrel drum with a goatskin head, used in various folk forms, including chanté siay, jwé dansé and jwé gém (en)
- Generic term for drums used in ceremonies called grounations; these include the bass drum, funde and kété (en)
- Long drum, made from a hollow tree trunk with goat or sheep skin on either end (en)
- Large bass drum that leads dances, used by the Alukuó Maroons (en)
- Frame drum, used in Creole dance accompaniment for a dance of the same name (en)
- Open-bottomed and single-headed drum, played transversally and carved from a single fragment of wood, used in Creole dance accompaniment for kanmougé and mayouri dances, played in pairs with the lead called the "female" type and the support the "male" (en)
- Barrel-shaped bass drum, used in genre of the same name (en)
- Cylindrical drum like the tom-tom drum, [played with sticks] (en)
- Tall drum with goatskin head, held in place by cords, wedges and hoops, used in the Kimbisa culture (en)
- Class of three folk tubular drums: caja, mula, and cachimbo (en)
- Cylindrical drum that comes in pairs, traditionally made from wood or a two-gallon container with both top and bottom removed and replaced with heads, played with fingers (en)
- Principal Afro-Surinamese drum of the set with agida and tumao, tenor drum, decorated with carvings, and used for communication by Surinamese slaves and for religious purposes in connection with sky and ancestor spirits, pitch can be varied based on the location of the head struck, made from hollow logs with heads of skin (en)
- Double-headed barrel drum of African origin, played with a stick on one head and a bare hand on the other (en)
- Ensembles that include a number of drums, include the types of palo and alcahuete, used in the Afro-Dominican religious ceremonies, played either in pairs or trios, with skin heads either pegged or tacked (en)
- Friction drum, single-headed, with a stick inserted and rubbed to produce the sound, used in the Kimbisa tradition (en)
- Single-headed barrel drum, covered at one end by goatskin, stretched with rope and pegs, and played barehanded, accompanies bélé, features a plucked strings across the head (en)
- Snare drum, used in cockfights, séwinal, merry-go-rounds, other celebrations (en)
- Small goatskin frame drum, played with the back of the hand, front of the fingers and the palm, used to attract spirits for the jumbie dance (en)
- Goatskin deep-barreled drum, used in Carnival and other celebrations (en)
- Drums of unequal size played in a pair and held between the knees, originally used in Cuban folk music of various kinds, also used in music of Puerto Rico and across the area, especially Guyana (en)
- Smaller, barrel-shaped hand drums, covered with tight animal skin, used in bomba (en)
- One of the smaller drums used in the ensembles called palos, of the Afro-Dominican religious ceremonies, played either in pairs or trios, with single skin heads either pegged or tacked (en)
- Bass barrel drum, one-headed, laced, and played with sticks, used in Carnival, specifically mizik a mas a Sen Jan (en)
- Single-headed, open-bottomed conical drum with a hole in the barrel and a goatskin head, stretched by a rope hoop, wrapped in more rope, used in all African-derived Martinican dances and as a symbol of Afro-Martinican identity, including tambour bélé, kalenda, and danmyé, also used to synchronize collective labor in northern Martinique, and is a part of most Martinican rural work songs, uses a plucking string in the northern region (en)
- Small skinny cylindrical drum, improvised, used in Nyabinghi celebrations, played with bare hands, also used in dub poetry (en)
- Smallest batá goblet-shaped drum, made of wood and covered with skin, along with the itótele and iyá (en)
- Largest barrel-shaped hand drum of the tumbadora family (en)
- Double-headed barrel drum, used in chouval bwa and Carnival music (en)
- Intermediate drum of the set, with agida and apinti, played with one hand, pitch can be varied based on the location of the head struck, made from hollow logs with heads of skin (en)
- European-style bass drum, used in comparsa, a pre-Easter procession (en)
- Smallest barrel-shaped hand drum, made out of a box with two sloping sides, of the tumbadora family, plays the most intricate rhythms of the group, not always characterized as a tumbadora or conga drum (en)
- Largest variety of the conga family, stave drum with a cowskin head (en)
- Larger drum used in Kélé rituals, literally mother drum (en)
- Double-headed bass drum, played with a hard stick in one hand for the lower head, and a soft mallet in the other hand for the upper head, used to accompany quadrilles (en)
- Cowskin hand drum, with the head pegged in place around a decorative collar, used in rada along with segon and manman drums (en)
- Larger, barrel-shaped hand drums, covered with tight animal skin stretched using pegs, used in bomba (en)
- Small Maroon-derived goatskin square-framed drum, introduced to Sierra Leone (en)
- Bass drum made from a cardboard barrel, used in parang (en)
- Barrel drums, covered with lightly stretched skins, consists of large buleador drums and smaller subidor drums, used in bomba (en)
- Cowskin hand drum with artistic collars, used in rada along with boula and manman drums (en)
- Bass drum, accompaniment to stilt dancers and Christmas music (en)
- Cylindrical drum, used by the Maroons of Moore Town (en)
- Cylindrical folk drums with a low bass tone, smaller version of the conga (en)
- Made from kegs or barrels, and attached to a skin frame secured by wood, rope and pegs (en)
- Central use in Bermudan traditions, derived from British kettle drum, especially common in gombey (en)
- Single-headed hand drum, small, high-pitched, played upright and one-handed, and held between the legs, interacts with dancers by responding to movement and improvises with the boula drum, used in gwo ka, Carnival, wrestling matches and wakes (en)
- Double-headed bass drum, carried with a strap and leader of marching bands, played with a covered stick in Nyabinghi ceremonies, used in marching bands, and Rastafarian and Maroon music (en)
- Open-bottomed, goatskin-headed, made from barrels or tree trunks, larger partner of the baboula, accompanies the belair dance (en)
- Cylindrical drum, one-headed, held between players' legs and performed by tapping with the hand or fingers, originally used in Burru cult rituals, now also common in Nyabinghi ceremonies (en)
- Skin-covered hand drum, goblet-shaped and played bare-handed, used in gwo ka moderne (en)
- Single-headed drums, used in Carnival, specifically mizik a mas a Kongo, made from a barrel with goatskin heads tighted by cord (en)
- Largest batá goblet-shaped drum, made of wood and covered with goatskin, along with the itótele and okónkolo; red wax-like substance called ida or fardela is used to produce a duller sound, wrapped with bells and belts (en)
- Snare drum played with wooden sticks, carried with a strap, used in marching bands and Maroon music (en)
- Central use in Bermudan traditions, generally played in pairs, used in gombey (en)
- Goatskin frame drum, sometimes played in pairs or larger groups, usually using both hands (en)
- Hand drum, formerly made of barrels, now more often rum casks; narrower and lower-tuned cousin of the kata, used in the Big Drum tradition, barrel contains a hole on the side, skin is stretched by a hoop wrapped in cloth (en)
- Handheld frame drum, used in plena, adapted from European tambourine (en)
- Largest drum of the biankomeko ensemble, along with the enkomo: biapá, arobapá, and kuchiyeremá (en)
- Large two-headed hooped drum, carried with a strap and sometimes with an attached board called an assot (en)
- Goatskin drum, used alongside tambou manman, used in petwo and YaYa TiKongo rhythms (en)
- Double-headed barrel drum, played open handed, drum heads attached with hoops, accompanies kalenda stick fighting (en)
- Abakua friction drum, details of construction are kept secret (en)
- Cylindrical drums with double skins, smallest of the set with conga and oumalay drums (en)
- Barrel drum variant of a batá drum, often with the system of lacing replaced by nailing the heads to the drum, most common in Matanzas Province (en)
- Cowskin hand drum, played with a hand and a bow, in a set with katabo and tambou manman (en)
- Largest yuka tubular drum, along with cachimbo and mula, played by two people, one striking the bass and the other hitting the body with a pair of sticks (en)
- Played by two drummers, one using two sticks and the other hands and feet, used in dance genre of the same name (en)
- Larger folk long drum made from a tree trunk, used singly in ensembles called palos, of the Afro-Dominican religious ceremonies, played either in pairs or trios, with single skin heads either pegged or tacked (en)
- Snare drum used in comparsa pre-Easter celebrations (en)
- Single-headed, made from a wooden barrel, often from the herring industry, with a skin frame, played two-handed (en)
- European-derived open-bottomed twin drum, played using sticks (en)
- Music and dance ritual, which includes drums traditionally made of tree trunks, now often of rum kegs (en)
- Tall, narrow and single-headed barrel drum, open at the bottom, played by congueros, traditionally wood, now often fiberglass, animal-skin heads can be tuned; also used in popular genres from salsa to ripsaw (en)
- Large, low-pitched, plays a 4/4 rhythm, covered with a goat skin, used in Kumina ceremonies, where it plays a steady rhythm, and is often used several at a time, open end sometimes banged with sticks (en)
- Cowskin hand drum, played with two sticks, in a set with gonde and tambou manman (en)
- Second-smallest of the four drums used in the Haitian-Cuban Arada ceremonies, along with hugán, xumpé and huní (en)
- Afro-Surinamese bass drum that sets a steady beat for folk music, played with a stick, of the set with apinti and tumao, pitch can be varied based on the location of the head struck, made from hollow logs with heads of skin, used in spiritual ceremonies, where it is associated with snake spirits (en)
- Drum headed with cowskin, attached with wooden pegs (en)
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