The Drums

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Beaters and drummers

Drummers mainly use sticks brushes or mallets

To play the drums and cymbals.

Sticks and mallets give the loudest sound, while brushes are quiet.

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Ride cymbal

This cymbal is often played with a stick to produce a “riding” rhythm.

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Crash cymbal

This cymbal as its name suggests, gives a resounding crash. When struck with a stick, and can be used to mark a dramatic climax in a piece of music. The crash cymbal is

suspended from an adjustable stand.

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Floor tom

This large tom-tom gives a deep resonant note.

The drummer may use mallets to play the tom-toms or strike them with the palms of the hands.

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By Cormac 

3/10/2018

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The Drum

The drum is a member of the percussion group of musical instruments. In the Hornbostel-Sachs classification system ,it is a membranophone. Drums consists of at least one membrane called a drum head or drum skin, that is stretched over a shell and struck, either directly with the players hands, or with a percussion mallet to produce sound.. There is usually a resonance head on the underside of the drum , typically tuned to a slightly lower pitch than the top drumhead. Other techniques have been used to cause drums to make sounds , such as the thumb roll. Drums are the worlds oldest and most  ubiquitous musical instruments and the basic design has remained virtually unchanged for thousands of years.

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By Lauren

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