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Instrumental History of the Drums
The first instrumental drum was called a timpani or kettledrums.
This drums
origin is of Eastern origin. Small kettledrums were introduced
into Europe as
early as the 13th century.
The European kettledrum , which is used in American orchestras
also, derives its
special sound from the size and shape and diameter of its bowl.
This bowl is
usually made of copper or fiberglass.
Another primary drum is the snare drum. It was developed drom
double-skinned
drum of medieval times known as the tabor. This drum, also called
a side drum ,
has its distinctive feature several gut or wire strings that
stretch across the
instruments lower skin. The upperskin is struck with a drum
stick, while being
struck the strings vibrate, giving this instrument its
characteristic crisp
staccato.
This small medieval instrumnet gradually increased size, about
the 15th century.
It was so often combined in a performance with a fife that these
two instrumnets
became closely associated with one another. A fife is a small
flute having from
six to eight finger holes and it also has no key, used mainly
with drums in
playing marches.