How Do You Buy A Drum Set?
Intermediate percussion skills should be well in hand before making an $800 to $1200 minimum investment in the equipment noted below. Component Parts of a Drum Set Step 1 Bass Drum: This instrument uses one head to be struck. The open side of the bass drum allows the user to place a “sound absorption” blanket to kill lengthy resonation. Step 2 Support Rods: Four of these metal rods keep the drum in place as it is hit by the mallet head on the end of the foot pedal. Step 3 Foot Pedal: This attaches to the floor side of the head-rim to allow the foot maximum flexibility of tempo and dynamics of soft and loud. Step 4 Snare Drum: This circular shell is 5 1/2″ deep and 14″ in diameter. It fits on a stand and sits between the knees of the seated player. It is encased by 2 skin or plastic heads secured by clamps and screw-bolt devices called “lugs”. The top head is struck with the drum sticks or brushes. The bottom head has a 1 1/2″ wide collection of adjustable parallel metal wires. These ar
