Are
you familiar with the Drum? The Drum is a music instrument that is used as a
complement and has the function to set the tempo of the music. It seems
difficult to play the Drum, but if you can play it well, It is very fantastic.
In the Drum playing, we can see the emotion of person, more than it, there are
many kinds of styles to play the Drum, and all of the styles are suitable with
music. There are many famous Drummers in the music world, for example Travis.
He plays with perfect speed, skill, and has good tempo. Another famous Drummer
is Mike Portnoy, He plays with beat or the knock of the song. You can play the Drum
like them.
You
will get a basic knowledge of the Drum. I want to explain to you about several
parts of the Drum. There are many types of Drums. They are the Snare Drum, the
Bass Drum, the Hi-Hat, the Small Medium Tom, the Floor Tom, the Crash Cymbal
and the Ride Cymbal.
Actually, there are other kinds of Drums, such as Snare,
Tom-Tom, Bass, Conga, Tymbal, Mondo, Bedug, Tabla, ect. They are Drum too,
because we must beat them. I will explain about the Drumset or what people
usually call Modern Drum. The Drumset has three main parts:
·
The
Snare Drum. It is a main part of the Drumset. It has different
sound among all the kinds of Drums. The Snare Drum has several sizes, 10”- 15”.
Normally, we use the 14”size. The Snare Drum has Snare Wire / Strainer on the bottom.
·
The
Bass Drum. It is the biggest part of the Drumset. It has some
diameters, 16”, 18”, 20”, 22”, 24”, 26”. The Bass Drum is beat with a Pedal. We
put the pedal on the bottom of Bass Drum.
·
The
Tom-Tom. It has many sizes too, from 6” until 20”. If the Tom
is more than 14”, It can be classified as a Floor Tom. The Tom uses two Drumheads,
Top and Bottom.
·
The
Cymbal. There are several kinds of cymbals. They are :
1. The
Hi-Hat Cymbal
2. The
Ride Cymbal
3. The
Crash Cymbal
4. The
Effect Cymbal
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