Know Your Instruments: “The Drums”

The drum is the heart of music. The saxophone can play and then rest, as can all of them except the drums; the drummer keeps going, he can’t afford to stop.

– Jo Jones.

 

Drumming is a great way to express emotions in a musical form. Over the years drumming has changed a lot, from using just a log to using a full drum set full of different types. Many forms have come into style over the years from jazz drumming to metal-core drumming. Drumming has changed over the years from its equipment to the styles people now use.

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The concept of drums is as old as mankind. A drum is called a membranophone, or an instrument that creates sound by striking a stretched membrane with some type of object, usually a rounded stick. Drums consist of a hollowed-out piece(called the body), a membrane stretched over