For depths, see Tom-tom drum # Modern tom toms.

Take, for example, the modern Tom-tom drum.

* Tom-tom drum, a cylindrical drum with no snare

This is a rocky desert, with odd flora such as Pitch-Plants ( extendible flutes that can be blown ), maraca leaves and self-playing Tom-tom trees.

The smallest and largest drums without snares, such as octobans and gong drums, are sometimes considered toms and sometimes not, and if not there are many borderline cases.

The naming of common configurations is largely a reflection of the number of toms, as only the drums are conventionally counted, and these configurations all contain one snare and one or more rarely two bass drums, the balance being toms.

A professional seven-piece kit with snare, double bass drums, two hanging toms, two hanging floor toms, hi-hats, ride cymbal, three crash cymbals, splash cymbal and china type

Moon's Classic Red Sparkle Premier setup comprised two 14 × 22-inch bass drums, three 8 × 14 mounted toms, one 16 × 16 floor tom, a 5 × 14 Ludwig Supraphonic 400 snare and one extra floor tom of different sizes but mainly 16 × 18 or 16 × 16.

In May 1968 Baker purchased a new Ludwig drum kit with 20 " x14 " & 22 " x14 " bass drums, a 14 " x5 " metal Super-Sensitive snare and the same-sized toms for Cream's farewell tour.

For his wood drums, he always used Remo Coated Emperors ( or Ludwig equivalent ) on his batter sides, while using coated ambassadors on the resonant side of his toms, and a Diplomat or clear Ambassador on the resonant side of his snare drum.

The floor toms are the lowest tuned drums played with sticks in the regular 5 piece drum set.

His DW setup is: two 23 " x24 " bass drums, 14 " x6. 5 " snare, 8 " x8 " 10 " x9 " 12 " x9 " and 14 " x10 " rack toms and 16 " x14 " and 18 " x16 " floor toms.

* Jon Brion – chamberlin ( 1 ), accordion ( 1 ), marimba ( 1, 9 ), vibes ( 1, 10 ), bass ( 2, 9, 12 ), baritone guitar ( 2 – 3, 11 ), optigan ( 2 ), S-6 ( 2 – 3 ), acoustic guitar ( 3, 12 ), electric guitar ( 3 ), background vocals ( 3, 12 ), percussion ( 3, 8 ), timpani ( 7 ), crotales ( 7 ), celeste ( 7, 10 ), temple blocks ( 7 ), assorted bells ( 7 ), tuned toms ( 8 ), mandolin ( 9 ), drums ( 9 ), tack piano ( 10 )

For the EP they used Tony Buck on drums, Mike Bukovsky on trumpet, Gerard Corben ( ex-The Sparklers ) on guitar, Guy Dickerson on guitar, Stuart Eadie on floor toms, Jackie Orszaczky on bass guitar and Lloyd Swanton on acoustic bass.

A full-size set of tenors consists of 10, 12, 13, and toms arranged in an arc, often with an additional one or two smaller ( 6 or 8-inch ) toms called " gock ", " spook ", " shot ", or " spock " drums inside of the arc.

For 2012, all Vision series drums ( VB, VBA, and VBL ) now come with Remo heads as standard equipment ( UT Pinstripe on toms, UT Powerstroke on bass drums ).

These drums are made 6 plies of birch and kapur ( referred to Pearl as their " Session Formula " shells ), and feature Remo drum heads ( Pinstripe on the toms, Powerstroke 3 heads on the bass drums ), OptiMount tom mounts, and SuperHoop II hoops.

One of those delightful surprise additions, which so frequently occur in jazz programs, was an excellent stint at the drums by the great Joe Jones, drumming to `` Old Man River '', which seems to have been elected the favorite solo for the boys on the batterie at this year's concerts.

Holly set the template for the standard rock and roll band: two guitars, bass, and drums.

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

Several Amerindians | American Indian-style drums for sale at the National Museum of the American Indian.

In the past drums have been used not only for their musical qualities, but also as a means of communication, especially through signals.

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

Throughout Sri Lankan history drums have been used for communication between the state and the community, and Sri Lankan drums have a history stretching back over 2500 years.

The American Indians used gourd and wooden constructed drums for their rituals and ceremonies.

Composer Bear McCreary made heavy use of and helped spread awareness of taiko drums and taiko groups in the soundtracks for the reimagined Battlestar Galactica TV series.

Studio percussion legend Emil Richards acquired the taiko drums from a prop house in the 1980s, for his giant instrument collection, the Emil Richards Collection.

The line-up was completed by Tony and Hunt Sales, whom Bowie had known since the late 1970s for their contribution, on drums and bass respectively, to Iggy Pop's 1977 album Lust For Life.

" Charles Wuorinen added several important works to the repertoire, Spinoff trio for double bass, violin and conga drums, and Trio for Bass Instruments doublebass, tuba and bass trombone, and in 2007 Synaxis for double bass, horn, oboe and clarinet with timpani and strings.

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

Metal consoles were developed to hold Chinese tom-toms, with swing out stands for snare drums and cymbals.

Popular electronics include: electronic sound modules ; laptop computers used to activate loops, sequences and samples ; metronomes and tempo meters ; recording devices ; and personal sound reinforcement equipment ( e. g., a small PA system to amplify electronic drums and provide a monitor for singing ).

It is a common configuration for kits sold through mail order, and, with smaller size drums and cymbals, for very young drummers.

Kits using smaller drums in both smaller and larger configurations are also produced for particular uses, such as boutique kits designed to reduce visual impact or space requirements, travelling kits to reduce luggage volume, and junior kits for very young players.

During its short duration, Sandy Nelson, Torrence's neighbor, played drums, and future Beach Boy Bruce Johnston, occasionally sang and played piano.

After a short spell with Bruce Hughes, Lowery and Hickman added Bob Rupe, formerly of The Silos, as bass guiatrist and Charlie Quintana ( Bob Dylan, The JuJu Hounds ) on drums.

In 1999, Hughes did a short tribute tour to Tommy Bolin in Texas, with Tommy's brother Johnny ( of Black Oak Arkansas ) on drums.

Once the summer tour of the US had finished the Dolls embarked on the tour of Australia for which Brian Delaney returned on drums, he sat out the summer tour for family reasons, the band are also to support Alice Cooper on a short tour of the UK in late October 2011

Another guitarist that was in the band for a short stint was Tom Weisser, who recorded his material with Mitch Mitchell on drums and Dickie Peterson on bass.

He played drums for a short stint in Jody's Power Bill, headed by Millard Powers, Will Owsley, and Jody Spence.

Racer X carried on for a short time with guitarist ( and fellow GIT alum ) Chris Arvin and vocalist Oni Logan ( later of George Lynch's Lynch Mob ) when singer Jeff Martin departed to play drums in Jake E. Lee's Badlands, in which he replaced Eric Singer who left to join Alice Cooper.

Ade added strong elements of Jamaican dub music, and introduced the practice of having the guitar play the rhythm and the drums play the melody During this period, jùjú songs changed from short pop songs to long tracks, often over 20 minutes in length.

"' Spanish Harlem Incident ' is a new romance that pretends to be short and sweet ," writes Riley, " but it's an example of how Dylan begins using uncommon word couplings to evoke the mysteries of intimacy ... her ' rattling drums ' play off his ' restless palms '; her ' pearly eyes ' and ' flashing diamond teeth ' off his ' pale face.

These foot thumping signals range from single, short thumps to long, drawn out “ footrolls ” that can average over 100 drums at 18 drums per second.

In 1986, he and former Men at Work producer and sound engineer Peter McIan had a short stint with American band The City, where he played the drums while McIan played keyboards and produced the album Foundation.

In hip hop and electronica, a short break is also known as a " cut ", and the reintroduction of the full bass line and drums is known as a " drop ", which is sometimes accented by cutting off everything, even the percussion.

Over short to medium distances, drums can be tipped and rolled on the bottom rim while being held at an angle, balanced, and rotated with a two-handed top grip that also supplies the torque ( rotational or rolling force ).

His brother Peter played drums for Good Clean Fun for a short period of time.

Matthews was a member of Noel's Cowards, a short term project, including ex-Split Enz members Noel Crombie on drums, Nigel Griggs on bass guitar and Phil Judd on guitar.

( short for Of a Revolution ) is an American rock band composed of Marc Roberge ( vocals, guitar ), Chris Culos ( drums, percussion ), Richard On ( lead guitar, backing vocals ), Benj Gershman ( bass guitar ), and Jerry DePizzo ( saxophone, guitar, percussion, backing vocals ).

The Cromanti, being the biggest nation, begins the Big Drum ceremony with a song called " Cromanti Cudjo " ( or " Beg Pardon "); this is followed by the other nations ' songs, all of which are based on short, declamatory phrases with choruses, accompanied by two boula drums and a single, higher-pitched cut drum, both of which are made from rum barrels.

Kiley notices the Germans are carrying rubber hoses and empty metal drums which prove they are short on fuel and scavenging for it.

The music was quite simple: programmed drums, scratches, short samplings, guitar riff, raps and shouts.

" Beck's Bolero " is a short, rock-based instrumental piece heavily influenced by Maurice Ravel's Boléro, recorded in May 1966 by Jeff Beck with Jimmy Page ( then a prolific session musician ) on guitar, John Paul Jones on bass, Nicky Hopkins on piano, and Keith Moon on drums.

Hubley is survived by his daughters Georgia Hubley, who plays drums and sings for the rock band, Yo La Tengo as well as Emily Hubley, a filmmaker and animator, who has made numerous short films, including animated inserts and segments for documentaries such as Blue Vinyl and the film version of Hedwig and the Angry Inch, and a feature called The Toe Tactic ( www. thetoetactic. com ) which combines live action and animation.