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Drums have always been essential musical instruments for thousands of years. They add meaning to music
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Everything You Need to Know About Drums
By Mark James
Everything you need to know about Drums. "Surely it can't be EVERYTHING?" Nope, everything.
History of the drums, famous drummers, makes of drums, the best drums, everything. Drums actually
have a very important role to play in music. Not only are they the entire structure and foundation of rap
and hip-hop, I'm pretty sure that if you listened to your favourite rock or pop song without the drums, it
would sound rubbish.
The drums have been around as far as anyone can remember. They appeared as far back as 6000BC
- pretty incredible for a modern musical instrument. Drums are membranophones - instruments which
create sound when beaten with some type of object. Common myth is that the body of the drum
creates the sound - but it only acts as an amplifier. The membrane stretched across the top actually
produces the sound. (vibrations). Drums have always been used for more than just music. Religious
purposes, Tribal celebrations, in War, Warnings, and messaging.
Drum KITS, as in a group of various toned drums and symbols, were first seen in marching bands and
parade bands in New Orleans. Double drumming was a term used for drummers when they played
more than one drum at once - something very common now. Early designs has cowbells and wooden
blocks, and then in the 1930's the standard drum kit took shape. The standard drum includes:
- A bass drum and foot pedal
- Snare
- Tom toms
- A Hi-hat cymbal
- Large hanging cymbals.
In the 1960's rock band drummers began to change this, by expanding it. An extra bass drum, more
symbols - people ha