Drums in a sentence

Individually, the drums are usually tuned higher than other bass drums (drumset kick drums or orchestral bass drums) of the same size, so that complex rhythmic passages can be heard clearly and articulated.

He developed a passion for making museum quality indigenous instruments – Mayan and Aztec drums and flutes, turtle shell drums, rain sticks, log drums, rattles, gourds.

The only traditional Sami instruments that were sometimes used to accompany yoik are the "fadno" flute (made from reed-like Angelica archangelica stems) and hand drums (frame drums and bowl drums).

His documentary short “The Songs We Sing, The Drums We Beat” narrates how the Nocte tribe in Arunachal Pradesh breaks an age-old tradition in their community to allow women to beat drums at a Logdrum installation ceremony.

With a kit featuring 12 drums, Smith didn’t always meet with neutral critical acclaim, one reviewer dismissing her a “pulchritudinous Miss who so adeptly maneuvers the drums and cymbals”.

The two musicians developed a casual, well-balanced division of labor on the project—both sang, wrote lyrics, programmed drums, and played bass, drums, keyboards, and guitar.

Everyone is welcome to bring rattles, hand drums, etc. Following the 8000 drums ceremony, there will be a potluck feast.

Pipes and Drums is one of only two active duty pipe bands in the military—the other being the Corps of Cadets Pipes and Drums at West Point.

All About Drums: A Fun and Simple Guide to Playing Drums, unpaginated.

Although these kits may be small with respect to the number of drums used, the drums themselves are most often normal sizes, or even larger in the case of the bass drum.

Apart from playing the drums, he is also a versed keyboard player and occasionally played the bass guitar on studio recordings. citation citation He began as a trainee piano-tuner before taking up the drums.

Changing instrumentation Drums were scorned by early country musicians as being "too loud" and "not pure", but by 1935 Western swing big band leader Bob Wills had added drums to the Texas Playboys.

Drums may be played individually, with the player using a single drum, and some drums such as the djembe are almost always played in this way.

Early development Prior to the development of the drum set, the standard way that drums and cymbals were used in military and orchestral music settings was to have the different drums and cymbals played separately by different percussionists.

Long drums were typically 2 meters in length and 50 centimeters in diameter, much larger than the Turkish drums on which they were based.

Radio Aragon Radio, began broadcasting on 18 August 2005 at 5PM with the sound of drums and drums of Calanda and a group song Zaragoza "The Fish".

Snare, tom-tom and bass drums are always counted; Other drums such as octobans may or may not be counted.

Some drummers use electronic drums to take advantage of the huge range of sounds that modern drum modules can produce, which range from sampled sounds of real drums, cymbals and percussion instruments, to synthesized sounds.

The drums are typically between 16" and 32" in diameter, but some groups have used bass drums as small as 14" and larger than 36".

Virtual drums Virtual drums are a type of audio software that simulates the sound of a drum kit.