The instruments are often doubled up by players and worn with harnesses so they can march and move. Each drum used in these ensembles can be found on the drum kit. This provides an impression of discipline and incorporates the idea of playing in unison with other drummers, while also providing showmanship and musicianship factors, as stick tricks are often incorporated into routines and performances. The drum parts for each player (with drum sticks) are reflected in our warm-up exercises and sticking patterns, as every hit on the drum/s have precisely worked out stickings and strokes. They can also come in a set of 2, 3, 5 and 6. The marching tenor drums are often referred to by the number of drums that are connected together, for example Quads would be a set of 4 drums. They are made up of different sizes which create various pitches. These marching drums are equivalent to snare drums without the snare metal wire strapped to the bottom resonant head. These sets of drums are also often doubled up on to create a bigger sound. These ensembles use single drums per player (snare drum and bass drum doubled up and played by different musicians), with exception of the tenor drums which are grouped together in a set. This type of playing is far from easy and involves a lot of patience and practice.
The closest genre/type of playing which relates directly to our rudiments is drum corps/drum lines and marching bands. No matter what you want to learn style-wise on the drums, everything comes back to these warm-ups, rudiments, coordination drills, and sticking patterns.ĭrumming Styles and their Characteristics These basic rhythms and stick strokes are used within all types of drum kit, marching and orchestral percussion playing. We often play these on a practice/rebound pad or a single snare drum, but it is just as effective playing them around the drum kit. We can focus on speed and keeping in time by playing these to a metronome.
When we come to learn to play the drums, we normally start off with rudiments (warm-ups) and strokes such as singles, doubles, and paradiddles, using rhythms such as crotchets (quarter notes), quavers (8th notes), 8th note triplets, and semiquavers (16th notes). So we are learning about styles of drums?Īll styles of music have influenced each other in some way. They started out with big marching bass drums on the floor with other percussion instruments and cymbals in the jazz era, and developed all the way through to the acoustic drum kit we know today, the electric drum kit, and even pre-recorded drum sounds, samples, and loops used by DJs. Drum kits, of course, have gone through their own development at stages.
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Moving into the 18th and 19th century, the log/skull & animal skin drums evolved into the drums and shells we know today. These world percussion instruments are still known and played today. All drums originated with and developed from an animal skin and a log or skull. Each country has their own unique type of drumming/percussion from their part of the world, such as the Djembe from Africa, and the Tabla from India. In western music some of the rhythms heard in other cultures can be identified as polyrhythms. The playing of these instruments would have included call and response with distinct rhythmic phrases from cultures such as Africa, Latin America, and Indian. The idea of using drums for rituals and celebration goes back to early recorded history, across a range of cultures. The art of drumming is one of the oldest forms of music and music communication. That being said, music has many genres and sub-genres.
Since as music is a universal medium, there are many forms of inspiration to help compose music and keep this incredible form of communication evolving.
Music is a universal entity – anyone, from anywhere in the world can engage with music. If music is a powerful communication tool, it can be argued that is its own language. Music is so powerful that it can even assist people with memories. Music can depict moods from angry to sad, and from happy to downright cheesy. We can communicate through music by playing an instrument, to listening, tapping, and singing songs with messages. Music is a special form of communication. Communication is one of the most essential things we do in everyday life to send or receive information, messages, and signals from each other.
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