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A drum kit, drum set or trap set is a collection of drums and other percussion instruments set up to be played by a single player. The traditional drum kit consists of a mix of drums and idiophones. More recently kits have also included electronic instruments, with both hybrid and entirely electronic kits now in common use. A standard modern kit, as used in popular music and taught in many...  MORE

A drum kit, drum set or trap set is a collection of drums and other percussion instruments set up to be played by a single player. The traditional drum kit consists of a mix of drums and idiophones. More recently kits have also included electronic instruments, with both hybrid and entirely electronic kits now in common use. A standard modern kit, as used in popular music and taught in many music schools, contains: ⁕A snare drum, mounted on a specialised stand, placed between the player's knees and played with drum sticks. ⁕A bass drum, played by a pedal operated by the right foot. ⁕A hi-hat stand and cymbals, operated by the left foot and played with the sticks, particularly but not only the right hand stick. ⁕One or more tom-tom drums, played with the sticks. ⁕One or more cymbals, played with the sticks, particularly but not only the right hand stick. All of these are unpitched percussion, allowing the music to be scored using percussion notation, for which a loose standard exists for the drum kit. If some or all of them are replaced by electronic drums, the scoring and most often positioning remains the same, allowing a standard teaching approach. The drum kit is usually played seated on a drum stool or throne. LESS