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Revision as of 14:42, 13 October 2002 by Camembert (talk | contribs) (all drums have a membrane, don't they? also ref to membranophones)(diff) ← Previous revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff)A drum is a musical percussion instrument, consisting of a membrane which is usually stretched taut over a cylindrical tube that is open at the other end. The membrane is struck, either with the hand or some other object, and the tube forms a resonating chamber for the resulting sound. A drummer is a person who plays the drums.
Examples of drums:
In the Sachs-Hornbostel scheme of musical instrument classification, drums belong to the membranophone class.
See also: