Prior to the invention of tension rods drum skins were attached and tuned by rope systems such as that used on the Djembe or pegs and ropes such as that used on Ewe Drums, a system rarely used today, although sometimes seen on regimental marching band snare drums.

There are also some groups using a set of three or four drums and some more drums like Djembe or other small Jola drums.

The main types of drums in Western Africa are the Djembe and the Talking Drum.

Djembe and balafon in Nigeria

The Hyde Park Art Center celebrated its one year anniversary in its new space with Creative Move Too, a 24 hour event in the space which once again brought in performers and organizations from around the city of Chicago, including the Jesse White Tumblers, Chicago Djembe Drumming Group, Blue Lotus Tribe Belly Dancers, and the McCormick Storybus.

*" Live from Bamako " Djembe drumming from Mali and other traditional music.

Similar to the Djembe it is rope strung.

Djembe tourism created a market for djembefolas in Guinea that previously did not exist.

Djembe players use three basic sounds: bass, tone, and slap, which have low, medium, and high pitch, respectively.

The drum machine software Hydrogen_ ( software ) contains Djembe, dunun and bell sound files that can be used to study as described above.

* Audio clip: Djembe.

Other popular folk music utilizes the cylindrical Dunun paired with the goblet shaped Djembe.

It also contains four new attractions: Telly's Jungle Jam, an interactive play area ; Rosita's Djembe Fly-Away, a swing ride ; Bert & Ernie's Watering hole, a water play area, and Air Grover, a children's roller coaster.

Bikutsi is based on a war rhythm played with various rattles, drums and balafon.

From early on the band featured electric guitar, electric organ, saxophone, horns, and a western drum kit along side Mande music using kora, balafon, Ngoni, talking drums, Islamic-style, Mande hunter co-fraternity song, and Griot praise-singing vocals.

Modern Wolof musicians have incorporated instruments usually associated with the neighboring Serer, Fula and Mandinka, including the Fula flute, the Mandinka balafon, the Maures tabla drums, the Mandinka kora ( a West African harp ), the riiti ( a Fula single-stringed bowed instrument ), the Serer instruments i. e. tama, the sabar, the junjung, and the Serer motifs and genres i. e. mbalax ( from Serer-njuup ), mbeng mbeng, baka, tassou, etc.

Newcomers are Ernie Kemm on piano, Wes Robbins, bass and trumpet, and Jack Kelly on drums.

Sen. John L. McClellan of Arkansas and Rep. David Martin of Nebraska are again beating the drums to place the unions under the anti-monopoly laws.

Indigenous drums, flutes, and rattles are commonplace in its musical compositions.

The artists are Chenek " DJ Bean " ( turntables, samples and percussion ), Yaotl ( vocals, indigenous percussion ), Joe " Peps " ( bass, rattles ), Alonzo Beas ( guitars, synth ), Caxo ( drums, indigenous percussion ), and Bulldog ( vocals, flute ).

Rumbling drums and moaning backing vocals suggest that things are going from bad to worse.

Numerous bulldozer excavations containing the remnants of metal, fuel, and water drums are scattered about the north central portion and northern edge of the island.

The Jenerators are a blues-rock band based in Los Angeles, CA featuring Tom Hebenstreit on vocals, electric guitars and keyboards ; Bill Mumy on vocals, acoustic and electric guitars, harmonica, keyboards, and percussion ; Gary Stockdale on vocals and bass ; Miguel Ferrer on vocals, percussion and drums ; David Jolliffe on guitar, percussion and vocals and Chris Ross on drums and percussion.

All types of drums such as timpani for example are always tuned to a certain pitch.

In many traditional cultures drums have a symbolic function and are often used in religious ceremonies.

Drums are often used in music therapy, especially hand drums, because of their tactile nature and easy use by a wide variety of people.

A jazz drummer may want drums that are high pitched, resonant and quiet whereas a rock drummer may prefer drums that are loud, dry and low-pitched.

The talking drums of Africa can imitate the inflections and pitch variations of a spoken language and are used for communicating over great distances.

The concepts of drums are as old as mankind.

They are usually ROMplers, to give a wide variety of realistic instrument and other sounds such as drums, string instruments and wind instruments along with popular keyboard instrument sounds such as electric pianos and organs.

Japanese taiko drums have been developed into a wide range of percussion instruments that are used in both Japanese folk and classical musical traditions.

Taiko are also characterized by a high amount of tension on the drums heads, with a correspondingly high pitch relative to body size.

This style of drum also signifies the family of drums that are made from a single piece of wood.

The various drums of taiko are of Chinese origin and were brought to Japan between the Yayoi period ( 500 BCE – 300 CE ).

In some styles of music particular extensions are normal, for example double bass drums in heavy metal music.

Tom-tom drums or toms for short are drums without snares and played with sticks, and are the most numerous drums in almost all kits.

Simon Frith identifies the origins of the power ballad in the emotional singing of soul artists, particularly Ray Charles and the adaptation of this style by figures such as Eric Burdon, Tom Jones and Joe Cocker to produce slow tempo songs often building to a loud and emotive chorus backed by drums, electric guitars and sometimes choirs.

Outside Japan, the word is often used to refer to any of the various Japanese drums, ( 和太鼓, " wa-daiko ", " Japanese drum ", in Japanese ) and to the relatively recent art-form of ensemble taiko drumming ( sometimes called more specifically, " kumi-daiko " ( 組太鼓 )).

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.

Muffled drums are often associated with funeral ceremonies as well, such as the funerals of John F. Kennedy and Queen Victoria.

It was the most popular double reed instrument of the renaissance period ; it was commonly used in the streets with drums and trumpets because of its brilliant, piercing, and often deafening sound.

Military forces especially those of the British Commonwealth, battalions or regiments often consisted of a " pipes and drums " band (" the band ') consisting of bagpipes and drummers.

It is also often used for musical instruments, particularly the backs, sides and necks of acoustic guitars and drums shells because of its ability to produce a very deep, warm tone compared to other commonly used woods such as Maple or Birch.

Jazz bands usually consist of a rhythm section and a horn section, in the early days often trumpet, trombone, and clarinet with rhythm section of piano, banjo, bass or tuba, and drums.

The frottoir or vest frottoir is played as a stroked percussion instrument, often in a band with a drummer, while the washboard generally is a replacement for drums.

Dr. Joseph H. Howard, owner of the largest collection of drums and ancillary folk instruments in the Americas, often stated it is " the instrument most typical of Africa.

This instrumentation consists of five saxophones ( most often two altos, two tenors, and one baritone ), four trumpets, four trombones ( often including one bass trombone ) and a four-piece rhythm section ( composed of drums, acoustic bass or electric bass, piano and guitar ).

This Irish showband, with Morrison playing saxophone, guitar and harp, in addition to back-up duty on bass and drums, toured steamy clubs and US Army bases in Scotland, England, and Germany, often playing five sets a night.

Stone Temple Pilots ( often abbreviated to STP ) is an American rock band from San Diego, California that consists of Scott Weiland ( lead vocals ), brothers Robert DeLeo ( bass guitar, vocals ) and Dean DeLeo ( guitar ), and Eric Kretz ( drums, percussion ).

As quite a talented percussionist, he often plays bongo drums.

It is typified by a heavy use of distorted electric guitars, bass guitar, drums, and often accompanied with pianos and keyboards.

However, early drums did not resonate nearly as long as modern timpani, so composers often wrote a note when the timpanist was to hit the drum without concern of sustain.

Muffling is often referred to as muting, which can also refer to playing the drums with mutes on them ( see below ).

This is because drums ( often along with the bass, guitar and / or piano when present, together making up what is often called the rhythm section ) tend to provide the rhythmic fulcrum in small ensembles, not just because drums are loud, but also because drummers very often go through the most advanced rhythmic training compared to many other instrumentalists.