| The drum kit |
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1 Bass drum | 2 Floor tom | 3 Snare 4 Toms | 5 Hi-hat | 6 Crash cymbal and Ride cymbal |
| Other components |
China cymbal | Splash cymbal | Sizzle cymbal |
Octoban drums, sometimes called tube toms, are tom-toms grouped in melodically-tuned sets of eight, hence the reference to octave, from octo meaning "eight". A drum kit (also drum set or trap set) is a collection of Drums Cymbals and sometimes other Percussion instruments such as cowbells A bass drum is a large Drum that produces a note of low definite or indefinite pitch. A floor tom is a double-headed tom-tom Drum which usually stands on the floor on three legs The snare drum is a Drum with strands of snares made of curled metal wire metal cable plastic cable or gut cords stretched across the a drumhead typically A tom-tom (not to be confused with a Tamtam) is a cylindrical Drum with no snare. A hi-hat, or hihat, is a type of Cymbal and stand used as a typical part of a Drum kit by percussionists in R&B, hip-hop, Disco A crash cymbal is a type of Cymbal that produces a loud sharp "crash" and is used mainly for occasional accents as opposed to in Ostinato. A ride cymbal is a type of Cymbal that is a standard part of most Drum kits Its function is to maintain a steady Rhythmic pattern sometimes called a In western Music, china type Cymbals are cymbals manufactured to produce a dark crisp trashy and explosive tone A splash cymbal is a small Cymbal used for an accent in a Drum kit. A sizzle cymbal is a Cymbal to which rivets chains or other rattles have been added to modify the sound The swish cymbal and the pang cymbal are exotic Ride cymbals originally developed as part of the collaboration between Gene Krupa and the Avedis Zildjian This article is about the Musical instrument. See Woodblock for other meanings of the term The tambourine or Marine is a Musical instrument of the percussion family consisting of a frame often of wood or plastic with pairs of small metal jingles Rototoms are Drums which have no shell They consist of a single head in a die-cast zinc or aluminum frame Drum hardware refers to equipment and parts often metal used to build or play a drum or drum kit The drum is a member of the percussion group technically classified as a Membranophone. A tom-tom (not to be confused with a Tamtam) is a cylindrical Drum with no snare. In Music, an octave ( is the the use of which is "common in most musical systems Octobans have 15 cm (6 inch) diameter drum shells, and range in length from 280 millimeters (11 inches) to 600 millimeters (23-1/2 inches). Geometry, a diameter of a Circle is any straight Line segment that passes through the center of the circle and whose Endpoints are on the Length is the long Dimension of any object The length of a thing is the distance between its ends its linear extent as measured from end to end The different lengths of the cylinders are what give each drum its distinct tone. A cylinder is one of the most basic curvilinear geometric shapes the Surface formed by the points at a fixed distance from a given Straight line, the axis [1]
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History
Octobans are a brand of drums introduced by Tama drums in 1978 and have become a genericized trademark used to refer to such sets of smaller diameter tube drums. Tama Drums is a brand of drums and hardware manufactured and marketed by the Japanese musical instrument company Hoshino Gakki. Year 1978 ( MCMLXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1978 Gregorian calendar) A genericized trademark (also known as a generic trademark or proprietary eponym) is a Trademark or Brand name that has become the colloquial [2]
Other companies like Pearl Drums manufacture similar drums today under brand names like "Quarter Toms. The is a Multinational Corporation based in Japan with a wide range of products predominately Percussion instruments and Flutes "[3] Octoban drum shells from other manufacturers may be of varying lengths and diameters, and made from materials like fiberglass, acrylic, aluminum, and wood. Fiberglass (also called fibreglass and glass fibre see Spelling differences) is material made from extremely fine Fibers of Glass. Poly(methyl methacrylate ( PMMA) or poly(methyl 2-methylpropenoate is a Thermoplastic and transparent Plastic. WikipediaNaming Wood is hard fibrous lignified structural tissue produced as secondary Xylem in the stems of Woody plants notably trees but also shrubs Some people build their own octobans out of PVC. [4]
The boobam is probably an ancestor of the modern Octobans. The boobam is a Percussion instrument of the Membranophone family consisting of an array of tubes with membranes stretched on one end the other end open
Notable Artists
- Roy Mayorga
- The Blue Man Group
- Billy Cobham
- Tim Alexander
- Mike Portnoy
- Simon Phillips
- Bill Bruford
- Stewart Copeland
- Danny Carey
- Jose Pasillas
References
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