Here are some examples: when the Japanese drum is struck successively with narrow drumsticks, it represents the sound of raindrops; when it is struck softly and weakly emitting low sound with drumsticks wrapped with a cloth, it represents the sound of the snow; when between those intervals it is struck horizontally with drumsticks picking up the tremble on the drum surface giving out cracking clamors, it represents the sound of thunder or avalanche.
例えば細めの撥で細かく叩くと雨の音、布を巻いた撥で弱く柔らかい音を低く響かせると雪の音、それらの合間に別の撥を水平に宛て、鼓面の震えを拾ってビリビリという音をたてると雷や雪崩の音を表現するといった具合である。