The Drum kit

1 Bass drum | 2 Floor tom | 3 Snare | 4 Toms | 5 Hi-hat | 6 Crash and Left cymbal Image File history File links Drumstel2. ... A bass drum is a large drum that produces a note of low definite or indefinite pitch. ... A floor tom is a tom-tom drum equipped with legs (usually three) mounted along the side. ... The snare drum or side drum is a tubular drum made of wood or metal with skins, or heads, stretched over the top and bottom openings. ... A tom-tom (not to be confused with a tamtam) is a cylindrical drum with no snare. ... The hi-hat stand has changed little since its invention. ... A crash cymbal is a type of cymbal that produces a loud, sharp, but comparatively short-duration crash used mainly as an occasional accent effect. ...

Other components

China cymbal Cowbell Sizzle cymbal Splash cymbal Swish cymbal Tambourine Wood block ... This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ... A sizzle cymbal is a cymbal to which rivets, chains or other rattles have been added to modify the sound. ... A splash cymbal is a small cymbal used for an accent in a drum kit. ... The swish cymbal and the pang cymbal are exotic ride cymbals originally developed as part of the collaboration between Gene Krupa and the Avedis Zildjian Company. ... Kocek with tambourine 19th c. ... Wood block Tubular wood block A wood block is essentially a small slit drum made from a single piece of wood and used as a percussion instrument. ...

A drum kit (or drum set or trap set - the latter an old-fashioned term) is a collection of drums, cymbals and other percussion instruments arranged for convenient playing by a sole percussionist (drummer), usually for jazz, rock, or other types of contemporary music. Such a kit has been an integral part of most popular music since the jazz of the 1920s, until the arrival of synthesised and sequenced percussion (such as drum machines) replaced drums in some electronic music. Companies such as Simmons (in the 1980s), Yamaha, Roland and many others have created electronic drum sets which use pads or triggers (mounted on acoustic drums) to play sampled or synthesized sounds (see DTX). The trend in electronics since the late 1980s has been away from overtly electronic sounds and more towards an intensified acoustic sound. For other kinds of drums, see drum (disambiguation). ... Sabian Paragon cymbals Cymbals (Fr. ... Percussion instruments are music instruments played by being struck, shaken, rubbed or scraped, hence the percussive name. ... A drummer is a musician who plays the drums, particularly the drum kit, marching percussion, or hand drums. ... Jazz master Louis Armstrong remains one of the most loved and best known of all jazz musicians. ... Rock and roll (also spelled Rock n Roll, especially in its first decade), also called rock, is a form of popular music, usually featuring vocals (often with vocal harmony), electric guitars and a strong back beat; other instruments, such as the saxophone, are common in some styles. ... In the broadest sense, contemporary music is any music being written in the present day. ... Sometimes referred to as the Jazz Age or primarily in North America as the Roaring Twenties . In Europe it is sometimes refered to as the Golden Twenties. ... A Boss DR-202 Drum Machine A drum machine is a device designed to imitate the sound of drums and/or other percussion instruments. ... Electronic drumming involves the playing of percussive instruments in which the sound is generated electronically, rather than acoustically. ... An AKAI MPC2000 sampler A sampler is an electronic musical instrument that can record and store audio signal samples, generally recordings of existing sounds, and play them back at a range of pitches. ... A classic FM synthesizer, the Yamaha DX7. ... DTX electronic drum is the line of electronic-MIDI drum set manufacteured by Yamaha. ...

A drum kit from the player's perspective, showing a crash cymbal, hi-hat, high tom-tom, ride cymbal, snare drum, floor tom-tom and bass drum.

The oldest active drum company is Sonor Drums from Germany. 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 pedals to allow for greater speed. Trap set survives in the term trap case still given to a case used by a kit drummer (or any percussionist) to transport stands, pedals, sticks, and miscellaneous percussion instruments other than drums and cymbals. Players view of a drum kit. ... Players view of a drum kit. ... A crash cymbal is a type of cymbal that produces a loud, sharp, but comparatively short-duration crash used mainly as an occasional accent effect. ... The hi-hat stand has changed little since its invention. ... A tom-tom (not to be confused with a tamtam) is a cylindrical drum with no snare. ... A 20 inch Sabian AAX Metal Ride A ride cymbal is a type of cymbal that is a standard part of most drum kits. ... The snare drum or side drum is a tubular drum made of wood or metal with skins, or heads, stretched over the top and bottom openings. ... A bass drum is a large drum that produces a note of low definite or indefinite pitch. ... A bass drum is a large drum that produces a note of low definite or indefinite pitch. ... The snare drum or side drum is a tubular drum made of wood or metal with skins, or heads, stretched over the top and bottom openings. ... Sabian Paragon cymbals Cymbals (Fr. ... Percussion instruments are music instruments played by being struck, shaken, rubbed or scraped, hence the percussive name. ... This article is about the drum stick, a musical tool. ... Different styles of paintbrushes The term brush refers to a variety of devices mainly with bristles, wire or other filament of any possible material used mainly for cleaning, grooming hair, painting, deburring and other kinds of surface finishing, but also for many other purposes like (but not limited to) seals...

Neil Peart's various drum kits

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 (two small cymbals played by means of pedal) played with the left foot, a ride cymbal and a crash cymbal arranged on stands on the right and left. The drummer sits with the snare drum between his legs, his/her left foot on the hi-hat pedal and his/her right on the bass pedal (it should be noted, however, that if the drummer is left-handed, and plays as a left-handed, the drumset will be horizontally inverted). He/she will usually play with sticks, but may also use brushes, mallets, hands, or any of a variety of "multi-rod" sticks. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (2400x1811, 3191 KB)Neil Peart of Rush This work is copyrighted. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (2400x1811, 3191 KB)Neil Peart of Rush This work is copyrighted. ... Neil Peart of Rush. ... A bass drum is a large drum that produces a note of low definite or indefinite pitch. ... The snare drum or side drum is a tubular drum made of wood or metal with skins, or heads, stretched over the top and bottom openings. ... A tom-tom (not to be confused with a tamtam) is a cylindrical drum with no snare. ... A floor tom is a tom-tom drum equipped with legs (usually three) mounted along the side. ... The hi-hat stand has changed little since its invention. ... A 20 inch Sabian AAX Metal Ride A ride cymbal is a type of cymbal that is a standard part of most drum kits. ... A crash cymbal is a type of cymbal that produces a loud, sharp, but comparatively short-duration crash used mainly as an occasional accent effect. ...

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 Neil Peart, Terry Bozzio, 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. Neil Peart of Rush. ... Terry John Bozzio (born December 27, 1950). ... Mike Portnoy playing his Siamese Monster kit Michael Stephen Portnoy (more commonly known as Mike Portnoy, born April 20, 1967) is an American drummer. ...

See also

• List of drummers
• Drum solo

The following are famous drummers, mostly in the fields of metal, rock, and jazz. ... A drum solo is an instrumental solo played on a drum kit. ... This page is about the audio compression codec. ... Image File history File links Snare drum unmuffled. ... Image File history File links Snare drum muffled. ... Image File history File links Snare drum rim. ... Image File history File links Bass drum. ... Image File history File links Tom drum 8 inch. ... Image File history File links Tom 12 inch. ... Image File history File links Floor tom. ... Image File history File links Hi hat closed. ... Image File history File links Hi hat open. ... Image File history File links Hi hat foot pedal. ... Image File history File links Crash cymbal. ... Image File history File links Ride cymbal. ... Image File history File links Ride cymbal bell. ... Image File history File links Ride cymbal rim. ... Image File history File links Rock beat hi hat. ... Image File history File links Rock beat ride cymbal. ...

External links

• Drum Kit Quicktime panorama view of Neil Peart's drum kit
• 411Drums.com- Free drum lessons, tips, drum tabs, articles on drumming, glossary, and more.
• Drum Database- Very large database for drum lessons.
• DrumLinks.com- Hundreds of links to drumming sites.
• DrummerEssentials.com- Free 45+ Page Drum eBook
• DrumTips.com- Over 500 drum tips. Includes submissions.
• Drum Score - High Quality Drum Kit Scores
• One Handed Drum Roll- Advanced method for one handed drum speed.
• Tab Hall - Drum Music
• Nice Drums - Drum Forum
• Heel-Toe Technique- Advanced bass drum technique for speed and control.
• Drummerworld - Large directory of drummers with videos, pictures and sound files
• Pearl (drum manufacturer)
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• Firchie snare drums - Roto tunable
• Zildjian (cymbal manufacturer)
• Meinl (cymbal manufacturer)
• Paiste (cymbal manufacturer)
• Sabian (cymbal manufacturer)
• Pearl Drummer's Forum - Includes tips, lessons, and an open chat. Run by Pearl but free for anybody and any brand.
• The Drum Forum - Friendly forum dedicated to drums, with a lounge-type atmosphere.
• Drum Lesson Videos - Downloadable instructional drum video lessons.