| Drums are percussive instruments built by stretching | | | | some drums are stationary, such as the Djembe |
| a membrane across an opening in a vessel. The most | | | | from Mali. |
| common property of various types of drums is their | | | | Besides the categorization of various drums into |
| pitch. Drums are the one of the oldest and the most | | | | types of drums one should be aware that not all |
| omnipresent instruments. Even with the various types | | | | drums are specifically tuned. The drums develop their |
| of drums present, the most common aspect is the | | | | tone due to body shape or head size. Pulling a cord |
| origin of sound. Sound in a drum originates from the | | | | or shifting a peg to stretch the head can adjust the |
| vibration caused when you strike the membrane, | | | | pitch of a drum. |
| called the head, with another object. Drumheads can | | | | The western world of rock music listeners is more |
| be made from the skin of a goat, cow, antelope, or | | | | familiar with non-pitched drums, such as a bass or |
| sheep, or even a synthetic material. The types of | | | | snare drum in a drum set. These can be used in |
| drums that exist vary as markedly as the people | | | | combination with any harmony or key. |
| who use them for communication, ritual, or | | | | We can also differentiate drums in a drum kit as |
| entertainment all over the world. | | | | types of drum. A drum kit consists of a collection of |
| The common way of classifying drums into different | | | | various types of drums and cymbals. It can also be |
| types of drums is by their shape. Most drums fall into | | | | accompanied by various percussion instruments such |
| the following categoriescylindrical, barrel, conga, | | | | as cowbell, wood block, chimes or tambourines |
| waisted, goblet, or bowl. | | | | arranged in a suitable manner for the convenience of |
| A frame drum, with its squat hoop, and a long drum, | | | | the drummer. |
| which is thin and tall, are both the cylindrical variety. A | | | | Differing music styles implement the components of |
| barrel such as a Tabla, goblet such as a Djembe, and | | | | a drum kit in different manners. Ride cymbals and |
| bowl such as a Nakari, are named for their shapes so | | | | hi-hats are usually preferred more in a jazz set-up, |
| they are easily recognized. The conga tapers at its | | | | whereas a bass drum and snare drum is preferred |
| bottom, and the waisted drum tapers in the middle, | | | | more for rock music. |
| as with a Changko's cinched waist. | | | | With the on-set of technology another type of drum |
| A further classification on the types of drum is made | | | | that gained popularity is the electronic drum kit. It |
| on the basis of which side the drum might have a | | | | was in 1980 that electronic drums were introduced. |
| head. A drum may have a head at either end of the | | | | Today they can be easily used as an easy |
| body or only on one. Drums like congas and bowls | | | | replacement for other various types of drums in |
| have one head, but frame drums have two. Some | | | | acoustic settings. |
| drums can be carried while walking or dancing while | | | | |