Drum

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A drum is a musical percussion instrument, consisting of a membrane which 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, and the tube forms a resonating chamber for the resulting sound. A drummer is a person who plays the drums.

Examples of drums:

• ashiko
• Basler drum
• bass drum
• [[bodhr�n]]
• bongo drum
• boucarabou
• conga drums
• goblet drum
• davul
• dholak
• djembe
• djun-djun
• doyra
• khol
• log drum
• message drum
• monkey drum
• rebana
• snare drum
• steel drum - not a membranophone, but referred to as a drum
• tabla
• tabor
• taiko
• talking drum
• tanbur
• tapan
• tenor drum
• timbales
• timpani (kettledrum)
• 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
• rudiment
• Percussive Arts Society
• hearing the shape of a drum
• drum beat

External links

• Drumtopia Drum News has drumming news, drum tab search and a directory of drum resources.
• CSE - The Drums and Percussion Page
• Fun stories involving drums

References

• Adapted from the Wikipedia article, "Drum" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drum, used under the GNU Free Documentation License