Drum parts

In this guide to the parts of a drum set, we walk you through the different components and explain in simple language what each bit does.

Snare drums come in all shapes and sizes. Here's an annotated illustration of a typical snare drum, along with a description of each part.

Here we have a drum beat repeated 3 times, then a fill, then another drum beat 3 times followed by another drum fill. The sheet can be then repeated around multiple times, or you could just repeat the first half around for a while and then focus on repeating the second half. These are great […]

In this post, I am going to talk about Drums Overview. It is important to know all the pieces of a Drum Kit. The basic drum set can be a four-piece or or a five-piece set up. It consists of the: SN…

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In my recent post, I have mentioned that the whole drum instruments can be panned somewhere -12.5 to +12.5 settings. There is a commenter on the post asking how to pan snare in the drums. In this post I will give my approach on how to pan drum instruments and parts (snares, toms, cymbals and […]