| You may have heard many soulful rhythms in several | | | | hi hat, bass drum, snare drum and ride cymbal stays |
| concerts. May be you have even danced on some of | | | | in use. Sometimes the crash cymbal and the tom |
| them. The only instrument that can best unleash the | | | | toms are used for the fillers. In rock and role, sticks |
| dancer within is drum sets. | | | | are used to play hi hats. |
| Drum sets are made of mainly drums and some | | | | The jazz music again has a different playing pattern. |
| other percussion instruments. One drummer plays all | | | | Here the ride cymbal is the main instrument. The hi |
| of them. A drum set includes a snare drum, a bass | | | | hats are played by pedals and the other equipments |
| drum, two rack mounted tom toms, one floor tom, hi | | | | are used to give support. |
| hat cymbals, one ride cymbal and one crash cymbal. | | | | Lots of improvisation happens during playing different |
| There is another kind of drum set, which is called a | | | | genres of music. Improvisations even take place in |
| fusion kit. This particular kind of kit is a bit smaller | | | | different pieces of same genres of music also. |
| than the normal drum sets and it only has one single | | | | Previously the drum sets were called traps. This term |
| rack tom. The pedal and the rack stand are two | | | | has become obsolete now. In the early stage, drum |
| very important parts of the basic drum sets. | | | | rims used to be made of woods. There were no |
| Apart from these, conventional drum sets include | | | | drum stands at that time. Instead of drum stands, |
| some other instruments like, China cymbal, wood | | | | there was a metal rack. All the drums were put |
| block, cowbell and tambourine. Professional drummers | | | | together on that rack. |
| use lot many other percussions also. But they are not | | | | The drums were then made of calfskin. But they |
| considered as a part of the drum kit. | | | | faced a lot of tuning problems. The cymbals were |
| The drummer plays the drum with a drumstick. They | | | | very small and they were not at all of good quality. |
| strike on the top of the drum with the stick and this | | | | They were hung up with curtain cords. But the |
| stroke creates a vibration that gives birth to the | | | | curtain cords were not able to hold the bid cymbals |
| sound. To heat the bass drum, the drummer needs | | | | properly. Finally Gene Krupa invented a cymbal stand. |
| to use the pedal. The hi hat is also played by the | | | | Today drum sets have got a good and scientific |
| pedal and it gives a chick kind of sound. Sometimes | | | | shape. A complete drum set now constitutes of not |
| to get a different sound, some drummer plays the hi | | | | only various types of drums and cymbals but also |
| hat with the stick. | | | | different drum hardware like snare stands, cymbal |
| Different genres of music have different styles of | | | | stackers, various types of pedals like one with |
| playing and accordingly the constituents of drum sets | | | | 2-string or with footboard and array of beaters, etc. |
| are decided. For instance, in rock and roll, mainly the | | | | producing magical sound beats. |