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Drum Kits
The Drum Kit
The drum kit is a collection of drums,
cymbals
and other percussion instruments played by "the drummer". More recently drum kits have also included
electronic drums
but there are no "standard" sizes for drums and drum kits.
A standard modern kit contains, as a minimum:
Snare drum
Bass drum
Hi-hat cymbals
One tom
One more cymbal
Throne (seat)
Many drummers will add other percussion instruments to this basic kit.
The drum kit may be loosely divided into four parts:
The breakables e.g. items that a "guest drummer" may provide and use when sharing a drum kit at a gig with multiple bands. e.g. sticks, snare drum, cymbals
The shells e.g. bass drum and toms
Extensions e.g. all the other "add on" percussion instruments
Hardware e.g. Cymbal stands, drum stands, pedals, drum key, drum racks etc
.
The size of the drum kit is usually measured by the number of drums included in the kit e.g. a 3 piece set would include; a snare drum, a bass drum and a floor tom.
Drum music is most commonly written on a standard five-line
staff
using a
percussion clef.
Previously
bass clef
was used, however even if the bass or no clef is used each line and space on the
staff
is assigned an instrument of the kit.