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For other kinds of drums, see drum (disambiguation). Drum carried by John Unger, Company B, 40th Regiment New York Veteran Volunteer Infantry Mozart Regiment, December 20, 1863 A drum is a percussion musical instrument, consisting of a membrane called a drumhead that is usually stretched taut over a cylindrical tube that is open at the other end. The membrane is struck, either with the hand or some other object like a drumstick, and the tube forms a resonating chamber for the resulting sound. A drummer is a person who plays the drums. In most popular music and jazz, drums or drummer usually refer to a drum kit. In the past, drums were used as a means of communication - see drum (communication). Examples of drums: ashiko Basler drum bass drum bodhrán bongo drum boucarabou conga drums goblet drum davul dholak djembe djun-djun doyra khol log drum message drum monkey drum snare drum steel drum - not a membranophone, but referred to as a drum tabla tabor taiko talking drum tapan tenor drum timbales timpani tom-tom drum In the Sachs-Hornbostel scheme of musical instrument classification, drums belong to the membranophone class. See also: drum and bass drum kit drum machine musical instrument Percussive Arts Society External links Drumtopia Drum News (http://www.drumtopia.com/) has drumming news, drum tab search and a directory of drum resources. CSE (http://www.cse.ogi.edu/Drum/) - The Drums and Percussion Page Drum Machine Museum (http://www.drummachine.com/) Synthtopia has information on the classic Roland TR-909 (http://www.synthtopia.com/synth_review/RolandTR-909.html) and Roland TR-808 (http://www.synthtopia.com/synth_review/RolandTR-808.html) drum machines. Fun stories involving drums (http://www-2.cs.cmu.edu/afs/cs.cmu.edu/user/mmbt/www/percussion/drum-tales.html) Categories: Membranophones

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