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Drum kit

A drum kit, acoustic drum kit or drum set (also known as a trap set or simply drums in popular music and jazz contexts) is a musical instrument consisting of a collection of percussion instruments arranged to be played by a single musician. It typically includes drums, cymbals, and sometimes other auxiliary percussion instruments, such as a tambourine or…

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Classification
Percussion
Developed
1860s, United States
Hornbostel–Sachs classification
211.212.11 and 111.24 (Individual double-skin cylindrical drums, one skin used for playing and percussion vessels)
Other names
Acoustic drum kit, drum set, trap set, drums

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Avg. degree1.99
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Drum kit

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related to Early development · 15
Drum kit → Before, By, Chandler, Companies, Dee Dee, Double-drumming, Drummers, Edward, In, Most, New Orleans, The, This, While, With
related to Common configurations · 13
Drum kit → America, Drum, For, Ludwig, Many, Pearl, Snare, Tama, The, Traditionally, UK's Premier Manufacturer, United Kingdom, Where
related to Cymbals · 12
Drum kit → Bronze Age, Common, Cymbals, In, Most, Near East, Some, The, Turkey, Turkish, While, Zildjian
related to 20th century · 10
Drum kit → Baby Dodds, By World War, Dixieland, Drum, Drummers, New Orleans, Ray Bauduc, The, They, Zutty Singleton
related to Microphones · 9
Drum kit → Close, Condenser, For, In, Microphones, Of, PA, Small, While
related to Other acoustic instruments · 8
Drum kit → Found, Gongs, Keyboard, Other, Tambourine, Timbales, Triangles, Wood
related to Notation and improvisation · 7
Drum kit → Drum, Drummers, However, In, Jazz, Professional, The
related to Small kits · 7
Drum kit → Although, If, In, Kits, Smaller, Some, Such
related to Drum screen · 5
Drum kit → In, PA, Perspex, Plexiglas, The
related to Practice equipment · 4
Drum kit → Drum, Drummers, In, Metronomes

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Drum kitClassificationPercussion1.00infobox
Drum kitDeveloped1860s, United States1.00infobox
Drum kitHornbostel–Sachs classification211.212.11 and 111.24 (Individual double-skin cylindrical drums, one skin used for playing and percussion vessels)1.00infobox
Drum kitOther namesAcoustic drum kit, drum set, trap set, drums1.00infobox
Drum kitis apart of the standard rhythm section and is used in many types of popular and traditional music styles0.90text
Baby Doddsinstance ofin New Orleans.Drummers0.80text
Zutty Singletoninstance ofin New Orleans.Drummers0.80text
and Ray Bauduc took the idea of marching rhythmsinstance ofin New Orleans.Drummers0.80text
combined the bass druminstance ofin New Orleans.Drummers0.80text
snare druminstance ofin New Orleans.Drummers0.80text
andinstance ofin New Orleans.Drummers0.80text
gongs or tubular bells that would be impractical to take to a small giginstance ofand percussion instruments0.80text

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