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Essay Galaxy - Instrumental History of the Drums
Instrumental History of the Drums
The first instrumental drum was called a timpani or kettledrums. This drums
origin is of Eastern origin. Small kettledrums were introduced into Europe as
The European kettledrum , which is used in American orchestras also, derives its
special sound from the size and shape and diameter of its bowl. This bowl is
usually made of copper or fiberglass.
Another primary drum is the snare drum. It was developed drom double-skinned
drum of medieval times known as the tabor. This drum, also called a side drum ,
has its distinctive feature several gut or wire strings that stretch across the
instruments lower skin. The upperskin is struck with a drum stick, while being
struck the strings vibrate, giving this instrument its characteristic crisp
staccato.
This small medieval instrumnet gradually increased size, ab....
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