| Drums are percussive instruments built by | | | | congas and bowls have one head, but frame |
| stretching a membrane across an opening in a | | | | drums have two. Some drums can be carried |
| vessel. The most common property of various | | | | while walking or dancing while some drums are |
| types of drums is their pitch. Drums are the one | | | | stationary, such as the Djembe from Mali. |
| of the oldest and the most omnipresent | | | | Besides the categorization of various drums into |
| instruments. Even with the various types of | | | | types of drums one should be aware that not all |
| drums present, the most common aspect is the | | | | drums are specifically tuned. The drums develop |
| origin of sound. Sound in a drum originates from | | | | their tone due to body shape or head size. Pulling |
| the vibration caused when you strike the | | | | a cord or shifting a peg to stretch the head can |
| membrane, called the head, with another object. | | | | adjust the pitch of a drum. |
| Drumheads can be made from the skin of a goat, | | | | The western world of rock music listeners is |
| cow, antelope, or sheep, or even a synthetic | | | | more familiar with non-pitched drums, such as a |
| material. The types of drums that exist vary as | | | | bass or snare drum in a drum set. These can be |
| markedly as the people who use them for | | | | used in combination with any harmony or key. |
| communication, ritual, or entertainment all over | | | | We can also differentiate drums in a drum kit as |
| the world. | | | | types of drum. A drum kit consists of a collection |
| The common way of classifying drums into | | | | of various types of drums and cymbals. It can |
| different types of drums is by their shape. Most | | | | also be accompanied by various percussion |
| drums fall into the following categoriescylindrical, | | | | instruments such as cowbell, wood block, chimes |
| barrel, conga, waisted, goblet, or bowl. | | | | or tambourines arranged in a suitable manner for |
| A frame drum, with its squat hoop, and a long | | | | the convenience of the drummer. |
| drum, which is thin and tall, are both the cylindrical | | | | Differing music styles implement the components |
| variety. A barrel such as a Tabla, goblet such as a | | | | of a drum kit in different manners. Ride cymbals |
| Djembe, and bowl such as a Nakari, are named | | | | and hi-hats are usually preferred more in a jazz |
| for their shapes so they are easily recognized. | | | | set-up, whereas a bass drum and snare drum is |
| The conga tapers at its bottom, and the waisted | | | | preferred more for rock music. |
| drum tapers in the middle, as with a Changko's | | | | With the on-set of technology another type of |
| cinched waist. | | | | drum that gained popularity is the electronic drum |
| A further classification on the types of drum is | | | | kit. It was in 1980 that electronic drums were |
| made on the basis of which side the drum might | | | | introduced. Today they can be easily used as an |
| have a head. A drum may have a head at either | | | | easy replacement for other various types of |
| end of the body or only on one. Drums like | | | | drums in acoustic settings. |