Musical Instruments Drum » Drumsticks http://www.musicalinstrumentsdrum.com Drum Sets, Bass, Snare, Tabs, Kits, Sticks, Brake, and Store Sat, 17 Apr 2010 06:49:48 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Drumsticks and Drums http://www.musicalinstrumentsdrum.com/drumsticks-and-drums/ http://www.musicalinstrumentsdrum.com/drumsticks-and-drums/#comments Mon, 12 Apr 2010 01:33:30 +0000 keira http://www.musicalinstrumentsdrum.com/?p=39 Drumsticks are specially designed sticks that are intended to strike the heads of percussion instruments like drums. Drumsticks are especially useful for hitting specific types of drums, especially during orchestral work, jazz music, rock band music and even marching band music. The most common drumsticks are made from oak, hickory, hard maple and ebony wood. Typical drum sticks are made to be 16.3 inches in length, and only 0.635 inches in diameter with a rounded tip. Drum sticks can be used by players of all experience levels and age groups, including beginners, intermediates, experts, advanced players and even professional drummers, though not all drumming requires the use of drumsticks. Most professional drummers are quite particular when it comes to the characteristics of their drumsticks, paying particular attention to the weight, the shape, the size, the balance, the grain and the density of the sticks that they buy and use. Thick and heavy sticks tend to be used to primarily play street drums in drum corps and in marching bands, and these sticks are regarded for providing high quality sound.

A typical or traditional drumstick has a tip, a shoulder, a shaft and a butt. The tip, which is also commonly referred to as a bead, is the topmost part of the drumstick, which is responsible for actually striking the head of the drum. Traditionally the tip of the drumstick is crafted from the same hard wood as the remainder of the stick, though there are also drum sticks that have plastic nylon tips depending on the sound that you are intending to create. Tips come in a variety of different shapes and sizes when it comes to drumsticks, including round tips, barrel tips, oval tips and acorn tips just to name a few. The area below the drumstick's head or tip is known as the shoulder. The shoulder is primarily used to strike the edge of a crash cymbal. The remaining part of the stick is the shaft, the part that is handled by the drummer, and the butt is the opposite of the tip, located at the very bottom of the drumstick.

Drum sticks always come available in pairs, and you can generally select from a wide and consistently growing range of colors and styles. Drum sticks come in metallic colors like metallic red, metallic black, metallic silver, metallic wine red, and metallic green and even metallic blue. Colorful sticks that have shiny metallic logos are excellent for many live performances. Some drummers prefer to simply play with natural wooden drum sticks, especially if they go through them quickly.

Electronic drum sticks have their own built in speakers and some offer pre recorded tunes. When these electronic drum sticks strike any time of surface, they create the unique, crashing sounds that are pre recorded. These electronic drum sticks make use of a LED (Light emitting Diode) that is placed at the tip of each stick, allowing you to create music even when you do not possess a full set of drums to play with. Electronic drumsticks are becoming increasingly popular among kids that are fond of the unique range of sounds that they produce.

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