Drum : Drums

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:

• bass drum
• snare drum
• tom-tom drum
• timpani
• bongo drum
• African drum[?]
• bodhrán

In the Sachs-Hornbostel scheme of musical instrument classification, drums belong to the membranophone class.

See also:

• drum and bass
• drum kit
• drum machine
• musical instrument