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Mapex Drums (Music And Percussion EXcellence) [1] is a Taiwanese brand of musical instruments established by KHS Musical Instruments in 1989. Instruments manufactured with the "Mapex" name include drum kits , snare drums and hardware .
This group of instruments includes all keyboard percussion and mallet percussion instruments and nearly all melodic percussion instruments.Those three groups are themselves overlapping, having many instruments in common.
In fact, the snare drum can have the snare off, producing a high tom sound. Depending on the composer and/or music, the concert tom can be used as both. It gives a warm but sharper tone due to its size, being between 8 and 16 inches in diameter, whereas the concert bass is 30 to 45 inches.
Many variations of snare drum technique exist based on the context or music being performed. Snare drum can be played with sweeping and stirring motions if played with brushes. [6] It can also be played in a snappy and light manner, as in the Pipe band tradition of Scotland. [7] A much heavier approach is used in American Drum corps playing. [8]
The percussion section is itself divided into three subsections: Pitched percussion, consisting of pitched instruments such as glockenspiel and tubular bells. Auxiliary percussion, consisting of all unpitched instruments such as snare drum and cymbals. Timpani. These three subsections reflect the three main skill areas that a percussionist studies.
211.1 Instruments in which the body of the drum is dish- or bowl-shaped, such as the kettle drum. 211.11 Single instruments; 211.12 Sets of instruments, such as orchestral timpani; 211.2 Tubular Drums – Instruments in which the body is tubular 211.21 Cylindrical Drums – Instruments in which the body has the same diameter at the middle and end
A drum roll (or roll for short) is a technique used by percussionists to produce a sustained sound for the duration of a written note. [2]All drum figures are based upon three fundamental beats, technically called roll, single stroke, and flam...Sustentation is accomplished upon wind instruments by blowing into the instrument; it is accomplished upon the violin and the allied instruments by ...
The LinnDrum, also often incorrectly referred to as the LM-2, [1] is a drum machine manufactured by Linn Electronics between 1982 and 1985. About 5,000 units were sold. About 5,000 units were sold. [ 2 ] [ 3 ]