Brand

Toca

Toca is a percussion brand best known for its wide range of hand percussion instruments, designed to be accessible, musical, and well built. The company focuses on bringing traditional percussion sounds into modern playing environments, making their instruments popular with drummers, percussionists, educators, and hobbyists alike.

Toca produces djembes, congas, bongos, cajons, shakers, bells, and a broad selection of auxiliary percussion that works equally well on stage, in the studio, or in classroom settings. Their instruments are designed to be playable straight away, with consistent tuning and durable construction, making them especially well suited to learning environments and mixed percussion setups alongside drum kits.

The brand is also known for balancing traditional designs with modern materials, offering natural-skin and synthetic options that cope well with changing temperatures and regular use. For drummers looking to expand beyond the kit, or percussionists wanting reliable instruments without excessive cost or fragility, Toca is a practical and widely trusted choice.

Category

Percussion

Percussion covers a wide and diverse family of instruments that create sound through being struck, shaken, or scraped. It includes everything from drum kits and hand drums to auxiliary instruments such as shakers, tambourines, cowbells, blocks, and mallet percussion. Percussion adds rhythm, texture, and colour to music across virtually every genre.

Hand percussion instruments like congas, bongos, djembes, and cajons are played using the hands or simple techniques, while auxiliary percussion is often added to drum kits to expand rhythmic and tonal options. Mallet percussion, such as xylophones and similar instruments, introduces melody as well as rhythm, broadening the musical role percussion can play.

Percussion is used in live performance, studio recording, education, and therapy, making it one of the most versatile areas of music making. Whether providing subtle rhythmic detail or driving the main groove, percussion instruments allow players to shape feel, dynamics, and expression in ways that support and enhance the music.

Tags

Djembe

A djembe produces a wide range of tones, from deep bass notes to sharp slaps and open, resonant sounds, allowing expressive rhythmic playing with the hands. It drives groove, call-and-response patterns, and dynamic shifts, making it central to group percussion and solo performance. The djembe adds energy, movement, and strong rhythmic presence to both traditional and modern musical settings.