Drum major

Rapid clacking noises of the rim of the taiko drums began the opening ceremony. All I saw were bamboo sticks and mechanisms connecting my eyes and ears while my hands held the mouth. I jumped up and got in my crouching position. The bass of the taiko drums vibrated in my heels and chest; I felt alive. Adults and children, watching my partner and me, were amazed and a little scared. As I shook and swung the 20-pound lion head around, I realized my effect as a leader on the crowd. As I feasted on the

documented in a 1237 CE manuscript inscribed during the Crusades, which depicts two “long trumpets” and a pair of mounted “kettledrums” with battle flags and standards. The date of this manuscript indicates the Arabic and Persian heritages of one of the major instruments in the Janissary classification, the Timpani. In addition, the Ottoman Expansionism throughout the 1600’s gave the Western world a large amount of exposure to the Turkish military band music and instruments. Countless militarily effective

Jersey. He is international known as a drummer. Harvey Mason can play the Canopus Drums, Sabian cymbals, Remo drumheads, DW pedals, Vic Firth drumsticks, and Roc N Soc drum thrones. To add to that astonishing list, he even has his own signature drumstick and Vic Firth Harvey Mason Chameleon signature drumstick. In past years, he used various instruments such as Gretsch Drums, Premier drums, Rogers Drums, Tana Drums, Zildjian Cymbals, Toca percussion and Gibraltar Hardware. I do not know what those

The drums are one of humanities oldest musical instrument and, like all instruments, the drums continue existing to this day as a method of communication. Previously drumming was often used as a social mediator, played to bring together the community and act as a vehicle in carrying messages and stories, alongside ceremonial use. However, within the last century, the drums have morphed radically into their current potential purpose and capabilities. Drifting from their roots as a vehicle for the

truck that would jam out to music like Led Zeppelin, the Eagles, and Pink Floyd. My dad when he was younger used to play the drums, so while we were driving he would tap the steering wheel and the fold up seat in between us with the beat of the song. Those were the first moments that my passion for drumming was fueled. By late elementary school, my parents gave me some electric drum sticks that would connected to my mp3 player and would make noise with every tap. I played those for years until I reached

Adjusting to college is, as us students would put it, “wild.” But, very few can say they had an experience comparable Andrew Neiman from Damien Chazelle’s Whiplash. As a freshman at the Shaffer Conservatory (the fictitious best music school in the U.S.), Neiman happens into the best Jazz ensemble in the whole school. “The Studio Band” is directed by Terence Fletcher, who is unashamedly abusive to his students. During Neiman’s first rehearsal, Fletcher catches him “off-tempo” and responds by slapping

in all cultures and all major civilizations around the world. In 6000 B.C., the first time of a percussion instrument was evolved, and it was simply anything that could be found that could be hit together to create a sound. Percussion instruments have been used and associated with strong ceremonial, sacred, or symbolic events. For example, in Africa, drums symbolize and protect tribal royalty. The drums symbolize a family, sharing the same blood and feelings. The drums were are used to communicate

songs. The songs get an extra effect by providing whistles, rattles, and specific vocal utterances. Whistles are associated with the spirits. A main element used by the Northwest coast is the beat of a drum. They are known to play individual hand drums with one another instead of playing a one giant drum like in the Great

ensemble. The instruments that were played included string (grand piano, electric guitar, electric bass, bass), brass (trumpet, trombone, French horn), woodwind (tenor sax, alto sax, baritone sax) and percussion instruments (six piece drum set, bongos). On the drum set was, special guest, Steve Houghton from the music school of Iowa. Overall, there were several different pieces of different sub-genres of jazz music. The pieces that were played in the ensemble included the following: Slide’s Derangement

from Africa. The most important instrument in Caribbean music is the drum. As well as being the foundation of African music, drums are inexpensive, simple and can be handmade with easily obtainable materials. Almost all Caribbean music acquires a distinct beat created by the drums. Most drums are some version of the bongo or the larger congo, a smooth wooden drum that is played with the hands. Tassa drums are conical hand drums made of clay and goatskin. Timbales are a pair of