• Early
civilizations and races used music as a way to communicate and express
themselves
• The use of a rhythm and song has long been associated with expressing meaning, feeling
• Early music groups comprised of an assimilation of drums of different cultures from around the globe. Cymbals and tom tom drums were brought in from China with the size being adjusted to allow for ease of play when played with drumsticks.
• Early form of drumming in the 1900 were are free form Jazz type drumming popular in France, Sweden etc
• It was not until the early 1930’s, that drummers discovered with the proper drum placement and a lot of practice, one musician could handle a set of drums, and an entire band of drum players was not required anymore. Thus, the basic kit was born and an evolution took place
• In the 1930’s the drum set was heavily influenced by the sounds of the time, and the early forms of Rock and Roll music. The sounds had a strong basic beat backing them
• The 1950’s as Rock and Roll music began to develop, the sounds became more complex
• In the 70’s Rock musicians then began expanding the drum kits adding more cymbals and tom tom’s drums to them
• As time went on with the introduction of Disco , R&B Electronic (e) drums were added to the drum kits as well
• Today we find a wide variety of innovation around both acoustic & electronic drums to fit the needs of users or various forms of music
• The use of a rhythm and song has long been associated with expressing meaning, feeling
• Early music groups comprised of an assimilation of drums of different cultures from around the globe. Cymbals and tom tom drums were brought in from China with the size being adjusted to allow for ease of play when played with drumsticks.
• Early form of drumming in the 1900 were are free form Jazz type drumming popular in France, Sweden etc
• It was not until the early 1930’s, that drummers discovered with the proper drum placement and a lot of practice, one musician could handle a set of drums, and an entire band of drum players was not required anymore. Thus, the basic kit was born and an evolution took place
• In the 1930’s the drum set was heavily influenced by the sounds of the time, and the early forms of Rock and Roll music. The sounds had a strong basic beat backing them
• The 1950’s as Rock and Roll music began to develop, the sounds became more complex
• In the 70’s Rock musicians then began expanding the drum kits adding more cymbals and tom tom’s drums to them
• As time went on with the introduction of Disco , R&B Electronic (e) drums were added to the drum kits as well
• Today we find a wide variety of innovation around both acoustic & electronic drums to fit the needs of users or various forms of music
No comments:
Post a Comment