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Drummer Terms and Definitions

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Boobams

Submitted by ThatDrummerKid on Fri, 04/10/2009 - 11:39

Small, single-headed tuned drums, played with fingers, sticks, or mallets. The narrow drums have long shells mde of bamboo or plastic, with heads of skin or plastic.

BoomWhackers

Submitted by ThatDrummerKid on Mon, 10/15/2007 - 14:32

Bougarabou

Submitted by ThatDrummerKid on Thu, 11/29/2007 - 13:36

Brake Drum

Submitted by ThatDrummerKid on Thu, 02/26/2009 - 16:19

A drum brake is a brake in which the friction is caused by a set of shoes or pads that press against the inner surface of a rotating drum.

Bronze Drum

Submitted by ThatDrummerKid on Fri, 04/10/2009 - 11:49

A metal drum from Indonesia and Asia with it's shell and the single head made of bronze. Also known as a frog drum for the decorative frogs on some drum shells.

Brushes

Submitted by ThatDrummerKid on Tue, 10/16/2007 - 12:33

These are kind of sticks that have wire bristles that fan out, most used for jazz drumming. This "Brush Technique" dates back to the early years of jazz, blues, and even bebop music.

Buzz Roll

Submitted by ThatDrummerKid on Tue, 10/16/2007 - 12:36

Often known as the "crush roll", or "press roll", the buzz roll is one of the most commonly used of the 40 rudiments.

Cadence

Submitted by ThatDrummerKid on Fri, 04/10/2009 - 11:53

Percussion patterns used by marching percussion sections to keep troops and bands in step on the march.

Cajon

Submitted by King on Fri, 08/22/2008 - 14:47

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Castanets

Submitted by King on Fri, 09/05/2008 - 16:23

Castanets are a percussion instrument, much used in Spanish, Porteguese,and Latin AMerican music. The instrument consists of a pair of concave shells joined on one edge

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Accent

Emphasis placed on a particular note that gives it more stress than the others. ...
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Acoustic Drums

acoustic drums - drums that are void of electronic components. Usually made of wood or synthetic mat...
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Ago-go

A Latin percussion instrument. It is a cow-bell influenced instrument with a smaller bell, and a h...
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Alto Xylophone

Bar percussion instrument developed for use with Carl Orff's "Schulwerk Music Education Progr...
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American Indian Drum

The American Indian drum is a single or double-headed drum played by Native American Indian tribes...
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Backbeat

A consistent rhythm that stresses beats 2 and 4 in common time. In other "common" time s...
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Backsticking

A method of turning the snare drum stick from it's normal playing position to strike the drum head...
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Bamboo Shaker

A hollow piece of bamboo filled with shot or seed and shaken by hand. ...
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Basel Drum

A rope-tensioned field drum used in rudimental music associated with the city of Basel, Switzerlan...
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Basket

Snare drum basket. The metal cradle that holds the snare drum and is part of the snare stand ...
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