A drum is a musical instrument in the percussion family , technically classified as a membranophone. Drums consist of at least one membrane, called a drumhead or drumskin, that is stretched over a shell and struck, either directly with parts of a player's body, or with some sort of implement such as a drumstick, to produce sound. Drums are among the world's oldest and most ubiquitous musical instruments, and the basic design has been ...

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The following are links to community sites: forums, mailing lists, etc... related to electronic drumming: Electronic drumming - By Brand. The Simmons House A fan site for Simmons electronic percussion made by Destin LeCornu. V-Drums.com : Unofficial Roland V-Drum site Roland Drum Machines on Yahoo Groups Simmons Drums on Yahoo ...

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The Basler drum is a kind of snare drum traditionally used in Switzerland for marching music. It has a height between 40 and 60cm and a diameter of about 40cm ...

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Some examples of drums from different origins. Drum - Latin and Brazilian. bongo drum conga drums surdo steel drum - not a membranophone, but referred to as a drum tan-tan timbales Drum - Indian. mirdanga dholak khol tabla Drum - Western. basler drum bass drum Lambeg drum octoban snare drum tabor tenor drum timpani (kettledrum< ...

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In this article, the author share a simple and very powerful way of combining drumming with clearly expressed intentions together forming your own strong prayer. This technique can be used by anyone and adopted to suit your own personal need.

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Some cultures improved the log drums with animal skins and hides which were stretched over the end of a log, thus creating a device bearing more resemblance to the modern drum. The drum often has a narrow neck between the drum heads, across which stretch the sinews holding the skins; the drum will be held under one arm, which is squeezed down on the sinews to vary the tension in the drumheads and therefore the pitch of the sound. In this way several tone regi ...

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Bongo drums are a percussion instrument often referred to more simply as bongos. Made up of a set of two very small drums attached by a thick piece of wood, bongos are played while held between the knees. They are traditionally played by striking the heads with the fingers, although some contemporary classical compositions call for them to be played with sticks or brushes. The two drums are of different sizes, with the larger one being called the hembra (Spanish for female) and the smaller one called the macho (male). Modern bongos may be made of wood, metal, or comp ...

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The following are links to community sites: forums, mailing lists, etc... related to electronic drumming: Electronic drum - By Brand. The Simmons House A fan site for Simmons electronic percussion made by Destin LeCornu. V-Drums.com : Unofficial Roland V-Drum site Roland Drum Machines on Yahoo Groups Simmons Drums on Yahoo Grou ...

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1 Bass drum | 2 Floor tom | 3 Snare | 4 Toms | 5 Hi-hat | 6 Crash and Left cymbal China cymbal | Cowbell | Sizzle cymbal | Splash cymbal | Swish cymbal| Tambourine | Wood block | A bass drum is a large drum that produces a note of low definite or indefinite pitch. Bass drum - Usage. 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 t ...

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The goblet drum is a goblet shaped hand drum used in Arab music, Persian music, Balkan music and Turkish music. Its thin, responsive drumhead and resonance help it produce a distinctively crisp sound. It is of ancient origin, and is believed by some to have been invented before the chair. Goblet drum - Names. The instrument is known by different names in different regions. These names, however, refer to the same general type of drum. Darbuka/Darabuka (General) Doumbek (Armenian) < ...

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A unique musical ensemble consisting of graduated pitch marching bass drums is usually found in marching bands and drum and bugle corps. A bass line typically consists of four to six tuned bass drums, although variations do occur. Smaller lines are not uncommon in high school marching bands, and huge basslines of at least 16 musicians have been seen. The drums typically are between 18" and 32" in diameter, but some groups have used bass drums as small as 14" and larger than 36". Unlike the other drums in a drumline, the bass drums are ...

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A wood block is essentially a small slit drum made from a single piece of wood and used as a percussion instrument. It is hit with a stick and it makes a noise that sounds like "tock, tock." East Asian musics use a variety of wood blocks ranging from small hand-held instruments to enormous (often immovable) "temple blocks" which may be sounded by swinging a large log against them. Log drums (also called "slit drums"), made from hollowed out ...

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Cybergrind (also refered to as eGrind, Digital Grindcore or Digigrind) is a form of grindcore that, aside from the instruments used by ordinary grind, uses computer generated sounds and/or drum machines and other synthetic instruments. Typical bands in the genre are lightning fast with shorter songs, usually under 2 minutes and sometimes use samples. The bands Anally Aborted Fetus, Gånglîå, Agoraphobic Nosebleed, Gigantic Brain, Lightning War, Breakdancing Ronald Reagan, Baphomet's Left Nut, Dataclast, Jet Jagu ...

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2Step (also known as 2 step, two step or 2 step garage) is a typically British style of modern dance music, and one of the two major sub-genres of UK Garage (although UK Garage is sometimes imprecisely used as a synonym for 2Step), together with its brother 4x4 Garage. 2Step - History. The roots of 2Step are embedded in (US) garage, a form of house music named after the legendary New York club Paradise Garage, where some DJs (e.g. Larry Levan) started playing this style of dance music d ...

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Many drummers claim that early electronic drums gave only an approximation of the sound of acoustic drums, as there were often technical issues with triggering, as well as musical issues such as decreased range of dynamic and tonal subtlety. Consequently, the pioneering electronic drumsets such as the early Simmons and Yamaha models, were often used for certain types of rock, disco and techno genres in which the drums were usually expected to play a specific pattern or beat repeatedly with no variation in ti ...

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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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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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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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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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