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- Technical classification: Membranophone
- Played by hand or with sticks
- Often played as part of a set, or drum kit
- The tambourine is a hand drum common in Europe and North America
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A drum is a musical instrument generally consisting of a membrane stretched over a shell. It is typically designed to produce a single, percussive tone when struck, and to provide rhythm.
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Types of Drum
The most basic, and oldest, types of drum are the varieties of hand drum common to cultures around the world, of which the African djembe and Latin American conga are perhaps the most familiar. In Europe and North American music, drums played with sticks are more common, and include the snare drum and bass drum of military origin, and their orchestral versions such as the tympani, or kettle drum. -
Drum Kits
Since the rise of jazz in the early part of the 20th Century, drums have commonly been arranged in sets (or kits), with a single percussionist using both hands and feet to play a bass drum, snare drum, several differently sized (and pitched) tom-toms, an array of cymbals, and sometimes percussion instruments such as cowbell. Hand drums are also commonly played in sets of two or more, to provide the drummer with a number of different tones. -
Electronic Drums
Beginning in the late 1960s, advances in synthesizer technology led to the increased use of electronically-created percussion sounds in pop music. Non-acoustic drums and drum kits followed (such as the Linn Drum and its derivations), allowing percussionists to generate synthesized percussion sounds using traditional drum techniques. -
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Drums Questions
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Is therer any sheet music for drums that notes right on the bar what each drum, cymbol, is, in other words is it written right on the bar? 1 AnswerNot to my knowledge, although I could be wrong. The whole point to learning drum music is to get away from the simplicity and learn a new way of seeing them. ... read more -
What is flamenco drumming? 1 AnswerFlamenco drumming usually requires short staccato sounds that go with the footwork (taconeo) and clapping (palmas). Compás (meter or rhythm) is fundamental to f... read more
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How much does a quality drum set cost? 2 AnswersPrices vary widely not just by brand and model but because there is no actual standard for exactly what drums and cymbals constitute a set. The basic set from a... read more -
Is it hard to play the drums? 4 AnswersI started playing drums in Jr. High and years later, I'm still learning. In a way, that's the cool thing about an instrument - you can always learn something ne... read more
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drums,guitar n vox done :) just elec gtr n bass 2 finish n its a wrap :D
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Drums aren't electronic...
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Crazy traffic, totally missed the drums playing, ah well.
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