On modern band and orchestral drums, the drumhead is placed over the opening of the drum, which in turn is held onto the shell by a " counterhoop " ( or " rim "), which is then held by means of a number of tuning screws called " tension rods " which screw into lugs placed evenly around the circumference.

The opening theme is based on the Clyde Stubblefield-performed Funky drummer drum break sample.

The basic timpani drum consists of a drumhead stretched across the opening of a bowl typically made of copper or, in less expensive models, fiberglass and sometimes aluminum.

The opening title sequence theme, " The Mysterons ", was rendered electronically and accompanied by a staccato drum beat to introduce the lead character of Captain Scarlet.

It begins with two long drum rolls, which include the use of the gongs, In addition to developing the Dies Irae and resurrection themes and motives from the opening cry of despair, this section also states, episodically, a number of other themes, based on earlier material.

Adrien Begrand of PopMatters described " South of Heaven " as " an unorthodox set opener in theory ", noting " the song went over like a megaton bomb detonating the place: dozens of inverted crosses projected behind the high drum riser, the sinewy opening notes kicked in, followed by an overture of bass, cymbal crashes, and tom fills, leading up to the slowly building crescendo " in a concert review.

His dedication to self-improvement is legendary: Dom Famularo, a famous drum educator and Colaiuta's friend, once told a story about Colaiuta opening his door while practising on a drum pad ; after a few minutes of a chat on the door step, Colaiuta said: " I'm such a bad host, I haven't offered you anything!

The drum roll connecting the opening track to the next served to cover Emerson's dash back down to the stage.

" Above ground, its most salient feature is a striking glass " drum " across, which covers a deep opening descending almost to the Jubilee Line platforms, below the surface.

He has since been considerably influential due to both the popularity of his band, as well as his drum techniques, such as the double bass drum in the song " One " (... And Justice for All ) and the opening of " Enter Sandman " ( Metallica ).

Although predominantly rock-influenced, the album still retained some electronic elements, in particular the opening track " Dirge " with its drum machine-based rhythm track.

The Iroquois water drum is a small cup-shaped wooden vessel, with water inside it, and a moistened tanned hide stretched across the top opening ; the wetness and tightness of the tanned hide produce changes in pitch as the water drum is played over time.

He noted the game's opening theme, titled " Monster ", was produced with the image of battle scenes in mind, using white noise to sound like marching music and imitate a snare drum.

This resonance can be heard by singing or playing loud notes near the drum opening ( this is true of tuning any drum ) and noticing, which pitch decays slowest ( that will either be the fundamental frequency or one of its simple overtones ).

Addressing the global community of women, the festival added an international welcome greeting in many languages as a regular feature of the opening ceremonies, and featured more and more award-winning international artists, such as New Zealand ’ s Topp Twins, Canada ’ s Sawagi Taiko drum ensemble, South African ensemble Shikisha, and China ’ s rock ground Cobra, as well as individual artists touring the United States.

Following an extended drone opening played on keyboards, " Stratovarius " develops a scary organ intro as a looser succession of mainly guitar and drum based jams that build and break down.

The opening title credits scene of the each episode of the series was a depiction of McCord's cashiering: his hat is pulled off, his epaulets are torn from his uniform, his buttons are pulled off, and his saber is broken, while a drum plays over Dominic Frontiere and Alan Alch's theme song: " Branded, scorned as the one who ran.

" As described in detail on the band's 2004 The Early Days documentary, the opening track of " Where Eagles Dare " famously displays McBrain's ability to use the single drum pedal very quickly, plus his rapid tom fills.

The opening credits bear Page's signature guitar tone, along with the heavy reverb-laden drum sound that he used with Led Zeppelin.

The effects on the opening drum introduction for the song features flanging.

The opening horn riff in Arthur Conley's 1967 hit " Sweet Soul Music " is borrowed from the theme.

America scored its second chart topping success with Beckley's " Sister Golden Hair " in mid-1975, a song which featured a memorable opening guitar riff admittedly inspired by George Harrison's " My Sweet Lord " and frank relationship lyrics admittedly inspired by Jackson Browne.

" Moovin ' n ' Groovin '" reached # 72 on the Hot 100 in early 1958 ; the opening riff, borrowed from Chuck Berry's " Brown Eyed Handsome Man ," was itself copied a few years later by The Beach Boys on " Surfin ' U. S. A .".

The song's opening slide guitar riff is one of the best-known sounds in all of blues.

The musical structure of this song is complex ; though on the surface hard rock, it is a tango in 4 / 4 time, with an opening electric guitar riff by Barry Reynolds in which beats 1 and 4 of each measure are accented on the up-beat, and beat 3 is accented on the down beat.

I hate the opening riff.

Notable songwriting contributions to Radiohead include the opening riff on the song " Go to Sleep ", and the riff that makes up the closing song on The Bends, " Street Spirit ( Fade Out )".

The title number begins with snippets of President Bush's speeches, another number " Conspiracy " starts with the sample of rendition of the old communist anthem " The Internatonale " by the great choir of the Red Army, before exploding into the heavy sound of the opening guitar riff and mad drumming of Unrat.

The opening piano riff to the title track was used extensively in the MTV reality series The Real World: San Francisco during scenes involving the hospitalization of Pedro Zamora.

The opening guitar riff to " Ye Entrancemperium " is taken from an unnamed Mayhem song.

The opening guitar riff on " Johnny B. Goode " is essentially a note-for-note copy of the opening single-note solo on Louis Jordan's " Ain't That Just Like a Woman " ( 1946 ), played by guitarist Carl Hogan.

The end of the song " In The City " borrows the opening riff from " Day Tripper ", a song by The Beatles.

The opening guitar riff of I-no's theme is based on the X Japan song " Kurenai ".

album in 1996, while Smash Mouth ( who didn't ask for permission ) borrowed the opening riff from " Swan's Splashdown " for their 1997 hit, " Walkin ' On the Sun ".

" Snooky & Moody's Boogie " is of considerable historical significance: Pryor claimed that harmonica ace Little Walter directly copied the signature riff of Pryor's song into the opening eight bars of his own blues harmonica instrumental, " Juke ," an R & B hit in 1952.

* The riff in " Fat Nelly " from Nightingales and Bombers uses the opening phrase of the String Quartet No. 1 by Janáček.

Since 1990, the opening riff to Megadeth's " Peace Sells " has been the main opening theme for The Week In Rock.

Polysics have also creatively repurposed Devo and other New Wave / Punk material in their own original songs ; for instance, in the song " Each Life Each End " from the album " Neu " they borrow the opening riff from the Devo song " Girl U Want " ( along with a sample from " Love Missile F1-11 " by Sigue Sigue Sputnik ), and the lyrics are playfully paraphrased Engrish-style from Devo's " The Day My Baby Gave Me A Surprise " and " Red Eye Express.

Lemay, the primary songwriter on the album, experimented more with the use of sounds, rather than notes, in riffs, such as the opening riff of the album, on the song " Inverted " which uses a combination of pick-slides, pick tapping and traditional picking.

" The quote usually spilled over into the opening riff of " Eye of the Tiger " by Survivor.

It is also very much similar ( same descending pattern ) to the opening riff of Elton John's " Screw You ( Young Man's Blues )".