8 Terms
Contributors in Drums
Drums
touch
Musical equipment; Drums
quality of sound produced by the manner of stroke. (He worked through GIK and has a nice touch on the ride cymbal.)
bele (bamana: gele, fulbe: celen)
Musical equipment; Drums
(African term) prosopis africana, a very dense, heavy, melodic wood considered great for djembe but rare
train beat
Musical equipment; Drums
a beat that resembles a train sound. It is played with consecutive 16th notes on the snare drum and accentuated to sound like a train. Common in country music but also used in rock and pop.
bells
Musical equipment; Drums
an instrument that consists of tuned metal bars mounted on a rectangular frame such as the glockenspiel, xylophone or marimba.
triangle
Musical equipment; Drums
another one of the many percussion instruments used for special effects. It is a metal bar actually bent in the shape of a triangle and struck with a small metal mallet.
