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Questions tagged [drum-kits]

A drum kit, drum set is a collection of drums and other percussion instruments set up to be played by a single player.

A set of drums, cymbals, and other percussion instruments, used with drumsticks in music. The most basic components are a foot-operated bass drum, a snare drum, a suspended cymbal, and one or more tom-toms.

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How does one keep roto toms in tune?

Recently, I have been improving the layout of my drumset. One of the additions to my kit so far was a set of roto toms. I've noticed that every time I play on them, the lug nuts tune down slightly. After a while, they are disproportionate to the…
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Specs for minimal quantity and quality of drumkit for child

Inspired by discussion at "It takes dedicated PARENTS to produce a good drummer" -- Tell me more What is the minimum needed, in terms of quantity and quality, when assembling a drumkit for a child who enjoys drumming as a secondary instrument? He's…
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Is this kit good enough if my goal is to develop rhythm?

I'll start by saying my interests are mostly in DnB, Jungle and Breakcore. I'm looking to learn the drums and how people play them to make better songs, along with developing my sense of rhythm, but I probably won't be using them since I'll mostly…
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how high to position the snare drum?

I'm not a drummer. But sometimes I play basic beats on my brother's kit when at his house. His snare it positioned so the head is around 5 inches above my lap. He and I are about the same height 5'10" and the stool is set so my feet are flat on the…
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