The Jazz Drum Set includes different types of Drums and Cymbals in the Jazz music genre. Jazz’s origin is in the African-American communities in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The period in 1920 and 1930s Jazz Music style gained rapid popularity and known as the Jazz Age.
A Jazz Drum set is also known as Drum Kit, Trap Set or Drums. The Drums, Cymbals and other Percussion instruments in the set are mounted on stands and played by a single player with Drum Sticks. The player operates the instruments with both hands and pedals operated by feet. The foot pedal controls the Hit-Hat Cymbal and the Beater for Bass Drum.
Drums are known as Membranophones and Cymbals are known as Idiophones. A standard Drum Kit normally contains the following.
- One Snare Drum – Mounted on a stand and placed between the player’s knees. These are played with Drum Sticks
- One Bass Drum – It is played by a foot pedal operating a Felt-Covered Beater and operated by the right foot
- Two or more Toms – Toms are Cylindrical Drums with a size of 6 to 20 inches which are played with sticks
- One Hit-Hat Cymbal set (of two Cymbals mounted on a stand) – again played with sticks. The Cymbals are opened and closed using the left foot by the help of a pedal
- One or more Cymbals mounted on stand – played with sticks
The player plays the Drum Set usually by sitting on a Stool known as Throne. Drums cannot produce melodies and chords. Drum set is a part of the standard Rhythm Section. Many professional Drummers include other instruments as part of their Drum Kit.
Let us now watch a video on the Basic Drum Set lesson.
