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Drums (as called drum set) is a collection of several elements which played together form a musical instrument. Those elements are cymbals, drums, toms and a Hi-hat. Drums is a percussion instrument used to beat time and create a rhythm.

Drums was first invented in the early 20th century, though the main elements composing it already existed within classical orchestra and military band. The use of drum sets is directly linked to the emergence of jazz music, hence the name of the first drums called “Jazz”.
Its deeper origins is therefore older and pluricultural since the different parts come from different location and culture. Drums was not invented as such (as whole). Snare drum and bass drum for example have European roots, whereas cymbals origins can be traced back to the East ans are possibly the oldest musical instrument in the world. As far as toms are concerned, they belong to South American and African culture, while Hi-hat though mostly designed by jazz music in the 1920's, was inspired by a roman instrument called “scabellum”.

Drums experiences its real evolution with the New Orleans style, especially with drummers like Zutty Singleton. Since then, they never stopped improving the technical possibilities of their instrument. Drums are usually made out of maple, poplar, oak and mahogany. Many drumming techniques exist according to the music you play.

In July 2008, Allister Brown became the first person to officially play drums over 100 hours non stop (102 hours and 49 minutes).

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