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    A drum kit. A Đông Sơn drum from 3rd to 2nd century BC. A pair of conga drums. The drum is a member of the percussion group of musical instruments. In the Hornbostel-Sachs classification system, it is a membranophone. [1] Drums consist of at least one membrane, called a drumhead or drum skin, that is stretched over a shell and struck, either ...

  2. Mar 15, 2024 · drum, musical instrument, the sound of which is produced by the vibration of a stretched membrane (it is thus classified as a membranophone within the larger category of percussion instruments ). Basically, a drum is either a tube or a bowl of wood, metal, or pottery (the “shell”) covered at one or both ends by a membrane (the “head ...

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  3. Tuned percussion instruments include: xylophone, glockenspiel, vibraphone, tubular bells and timpani . Untuned percussion instruments include: bass drum, side drum (snare drum), maracas, castanets, cymbals, tambourine, claves and many more. In an orchestra there can be more different kind of percussion instruments than in the other families ...

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