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(“the doldrums”)
(“throwing a tantrum..”)
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*AKA* –>
“drum kit”
“drum set”
“trap set”
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-a drum kit is a [collection] of ‘drums’ + other ‘percussion instruments’ – typically ‘cymbals’ – which are set up on ‘stands’ to be played by a ‘single player’ with ‘drum-sticks’ held in both ‘hands’ and the feet operating ‘pedals’ that control the ‘hi-hat cymbal’ + the ‘beater’ for the [bass drum]-
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(a ‘drum kit’ consists of a mix of ‘drums’ (categorized classically as ‘membranophones’, “Hornbostel-Sachs high-level classification 2”) and ‘idiophones’ most significantly ‘cymbals’ but also including the ‘woodblock’ and ‘cowbell’ (classified as ‘Hornbostel-Sachs high-level classification 1’))
(in the 2000s, some ‘kits’ also include ‘electronic instruments’ (‘Hornbostel-Sachs classification 53’) and both ‘hybrid’ (mixing ‘acoustic instruments’ and ‘electronic drums’) and entirely ‘electronic kits’ are used)
a standard modern ‘kit’ (for a ‘right-handed’ player), as used in popular music and taught in music schools, contains:
(a ‘snare drum’, mounted on a stand, placed between the player’s knees and played with drum sticks (which may include rutes or brushes)
(a ‘bass drum’, played by a pedal operated by the right foot, which moves a felt-covered beater)
(1 or more ‘toms’, played with ‘sticks’ or ‘brushes’ (usually 3-floor tom, rack tom 1/2 )
(a ‘hi-hat’ (2 cymbals mounted on a stand), played with the ‘sticks’, opened and closed with left foot pedal (can also produce sound with the ‘foot’ alone)
(1 or more cymbals, mounted on stands, played with the ‘sticks’)
(all of these are classed as ‘non-pitched percussion’, allowing for the music to be scored using ‘percussion notation’, for which a loose semi-standardized form exists for the ‘drum kit’)
(if some or all of them are replaced by electronic drums, the scoring and most often positioning remains the same, allowing a standard teaching approach)
(the drum kit is usually played while seated on a drum stool or “throne”)
(the drum kit differs from instruments that can be used to produce pitched melodies or chords, even though drums are often placed musically alongside others that do, such as the piano or guitar)
(the drum kit is part of the standard rhythm section used in many types of popular and traditional music styles ranging from rock and pop to blues and jazz)
(other standard instruments used in the rhythm section include the electric bass, electric guitar and keyboards)
(many drummers extend their kits from this basic pattern, adding more drums, more cymbals, and many other instruments including pitched percussion)
(in some styles of music particular extensions are normal, for example double bass drums in heavy metal music and the enlarged kits used by some progressive rock drummers, which may include unusual instruments such as gongs)
(some performers, such as some rockabilly drummers, use small kits that omit elements from the basic setup)
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(some drum kit players may have other roles in the band, such as providing ‘backup vocals’, or less commonly, ‘lead vocals’)
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