Snare drum sticks are usually made of wood, often hickory, ebony, oak or hard maple. A typical drum stick is around 1.5cm in diameter and 41cm long, although drummers have a wide range of shapes and sizes to choose from. Many drummers are very particular about the exact shape, size, weight, balance, density, and grain of their sticks. All of these qualities attribute to its so-called "feel" and sound of the stick. Snare drum sticks may be designed for use in particular performance contexts. Sticks that are smaller in diameter or balan ...

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Drum solos allow the drummer to display their technical ability including: Speed - ability to play a controlled passage at varying tempos, particularly high speeds. Endurance - ability able to play a demanding passage for a significant period of time. Creativity - ability to create exciting and varied pieces of drumming. (A drum solo is a particularly useful facility to display this aspect as the drummer is free of the usual constraints made by playing with others.) Complexity - ability to play complex, exciti ...

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Developed primarily in the United States, early drum kits were known as trap kits (short for contraption) and usually consisted of a bass drum, a snare drum on a stand, a small cymbal and other small percussion instruments mounted on the bass drum or a small table, all played with drum sticks or brushes except for the bass drum. The bass drum was sometimes kicked to produce a sound, and is occasionally still called a kick drum, though bass drums are now nearly always pedal-operated, and sometimes even played with two ped ...

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Developed primarily in the United States, early drum kits were known as trap kits (short for contraption) and are one of the most contemporary members of the membraphone family. They usually consisted of a bass drum, a snare drum on a stand, a small cymbal and other small percussion instruments mounted on the bass drum or a small table, all played with drum sticks or brushes except for the bass drum. The bass drum was sometimes kicked to produce a sound, and is occasionally still called a kick drum, though bass drums are ...

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Drum and bass - Purchasing. Drum and bass is mostly sold in 12-inch vinyl single format, although some albums, compilations and DJ mixes are sold on CD. File downloads are also becoming increasingly available. Purchasing drum and bass can involve searching specialized record shops or using one of many online vinyl, CD and mp3 retailers. Drum and bass - Media. The best known drum and bass publication is Knowledge. Other publications include the longest running drum and bass magazine worldwide ATM Magazine, Canadian-based ...

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The most common snare drum roll is the closed roll. The open roll ( or "double stroke roll")is played with double strokes alternating between the left and right hands; the closed roll is produced by applying slightly more pressure to the fulcrum upon impact which allows for the stick to bounce many times on the drum head. One stick hits the head slightly before the other bouncing stick is pulled up from the head. This produces a nea ...

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It is used in orchestral music, marching music, and throughout 20th century popular music as a component of the drum set. In popular music, the bass drum is used to mark time. In marches it is used to project tempo (marching bands historically march to the beat of the bass). A basic beat for rock and roll has the bass drum played on the first and third beats of a bar of common time, with the snare drum on the second and fourth beats, called "back beats". In jazz, the bass drum can vary from almost entirely being a timekeeping medium t ...

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The practice is a natural evolution of the recording techniques of the 1970's, where the goal was to get every instrument to sound as "perfect" as possible. In the 1980's with the popularity of synth pop, drum machines were used, but into the nineties with the emergence of grunge, producers began doing drum replacing. The most common use of this technique is to replace every snare hit in a performance with an "ideal" snare drum hit. Critics say that this defeats the purpose of having a live drummer, although the fact that the sample is usually recorded in stereo and uses the drummers real kit makes it sound generally more r ...

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The goblet drum has a single drum head on one end and is open on the other end. The body may be made of beaten, cast, or spun metal, ceramic (often with a glued-on head) or wood. Materials for the head include synthetics such as Mylar or FiberSkyn, as well as more traditional animal skins, such as goat or fish. In general, goblet drums tend to have much lighter heads than African or Indian drums. While ceramic bodies with skin heads are usually considered to have the best tone, metal bodies and Mylar heads are generally favored by pro ...

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Drum and bass - Beginnings in the UK. Early drum and bass originated with darkcore, an offshoot of UK rave hardcore breakbeat. Darkcore came in response to the so called "toy-town" movement within the rave scene. While the toy-town tracks were extremely light and upbeat (one famous tune features the children's show Sesame Street theme song over sped up breakbeats), darkcore focused on dark elements. Strange noises and effects, syncopated rhyth ...

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Goblet drums are played with a much lighter touch and quite different strokes (sometimes including rolls or quick rhythms articulated with the fingertips) than hand drums such as the djembe, found in Africa. There are two main types of goblet drums. The Egyptian style has rounded edges around the head, whereas the Turkish style exposes the edge of the head. The exposed edge allows closer access to the head so finger-snapping techniques can be done, but the hard edge discourages the rapi ...

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Drum and bass - Beginnings in the UK. Early jungle was an offshoot of rave (Readers may think of this as techno music but the word "rave" used here is describing a very different sound from the stripped-down Detroit "techno" sound) music that focused on the breakbeat. Although jungle music originated largely within Britain's Afro-Caribbean communities, it benefited from the diverse influences of many racial and cultural groups, often brought together in the inclusive ecstasy-fueled atmosphere of the Acid House ra ...

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The sticks used to play tuned percussion instruments are referred to as mallets. A mallet comprises a head connected to a thin shaft. Unwrapped mallets, used on glockenspiel, xylophone and other instruments with keys made of durable material, have heads made of brass, kelon, nylon, acrylic, wood, or other hard materials; wrapped mallets, used on marimba, vibraphone and other instruments with softer keys, have heads of kelon, nylon, acrylic or other medium-hard materials wrapped in softer materials like yarn, cord or latex. Mallet shafts ...

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The position of drum major originated in the British Army with the Corps of Drums in 1650. Military groups performed mostly duty calls and battle signals during that period, and a fife and drum corps, directed by the drum major, would use short pieces to communicate to field units. With the arrival of military brass band and pipe bands around the 18th century, the position of the drum major was adapted to those ensembles. Traditionally, a military drum major was responsible for: Military discipline of all band membersSee also:

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In some forms of jazz, rock, hardcore punk and many forms of heavy metal , particularly thrash metal, power metal, black metal, death metal, two bass drum pedals are used, one operated by each foot. Originally two tuned bass drums were used for this, but a double pedal on the same drum using an extension mechanism (see illustration) is now more common. Although a double pedal will help conserve space, drum resonance is affected by having two beaters playing one drum which is why many drummers will opt for the classic two bass drum setup. Som ...

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There are many views of what constitutes "real" drum and bass as it has many scenes and styles within it, from heavy pounding bass lines to the relaxed vibes of Liquid funk. It has been compared with jazz where the listener can get very different sounding music all coming under the same music genre, because like drum and bass, it is more of an approach, or a tradition, than a style. As such, therefore, it is difficult to precisely define; however, the following key features may be observed: See also:

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There are many views of what constitutes "real" drum and bass as it has many scenes and styles within it, from heavy pounding bass lines to the relaxed vibes of Liquid funk. It has been compared with jazz where the listener can get very different sounding music all coming under the same music genre, because like drum and bass, it is more of an approach, or a tradition, than a style. As such, therefore, it is difficult to precisely define; however, the following key features may be observed: See also:

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The exact collection of components to a drum kit varies greatly according to musical style, personal preference, financial and transportation resources of the drummer. At a minimum a kit usually contains a bass drum sitting on the floor and played with a pedal, a snare drum on a stand, two or three tom-toms, some of which are mounted on top of the bass drum and the largest typically free-standing alongside it (on the floor - hence the word "floor tom"), a hi-hat (sometimes known as a 'sock' cymbal) comprising two small cymbals played by means of pedal with the left foot, a ride cymbal ...

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Newer drum kits by Roland, DDrum and Yamaha have addressed many of the downfalls of early electronic drums. While each of these manufacturers have entry-level units, the professional kits are geared toward creating a sound and playing experience which is nearly indistinguishable from a quality acoustic kit. Examples include the Yamaha DTXtreme IIS, the DDrum4SE and Roland's TD-12 and TD-20, having 2006 MSRP's of $2,195.00-$6,699.00. [1] Typically, these high-end kits are equipped with: High quality digital samples- These modules ...

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Certain drum and bass releases have found mainstream popularity in their own right, almost always material prominently featuring vocals. Perhaps the earliest example was Goldie's Timeless album of 1995, along with Reprazent's New Forms in 1997. More recently, tracks such as Shy FX and T-Power's "Shake UR Body" gained a UK Top 40 Chart placing. Hive's "Ultrasonic Sound" was also used on the first Matrix soundtrack. More recently, game tracks, specifically Rockstar Games releases have contained many drum & bass tracks, i.e. the MSX radio station in G ...

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Some drummers may add a second bass drum (played by the left foot), additional toms, more cymbals, tambourines, woodblocks, cowbells, electronic pads that trigger sampled sounds, or any of a whole galaxy of accessory instruments. Some drummers, such as Billy Cobham, Neil Peart, Terry Bozzio, Keith Moon and Mike Portnoy have gone to extreme lengths and built massive kits including features such as ranges of tuned tom-toms, allowing them to contribute melodically as well as rhythmically. These huge kits reached their zenith in the arena rock of the 1980s, and the trend since then has been towards a smaller instrument.< ...

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