DRUM KIT

A drum kit (primarily American), drum set (primarily British/Australian)  trap set, or just drums is a collection of drums and other percussion instrument set up on stands to be played by a single player with drumsticks held in both hands and the feet operating pedals that control the hi-hat cymbal and the beater for the bass drum. A drum kit consists of a mix of drums(categorized classically as membranophones, Hornbostel-Sachs high-level classification 2) and idiophones most significantly cymbals but also including the woodblock and cowbell (classified as Hornbostel-Sachs high-level classification 1).In the 2000s, some kits also include electronic instruments (Hornbostel-Sachs classification 53) and both hybrid and entirely electronic kits are used.

A standard modern kit (for a right-handed player), as used in popular music and taught in music schools, contains:

• A snare drum, mounted on a stand, placed between the player's knees and played with drum sticks (which may include rutesor brushes)
• A bass drum, played by a pedal operated by the right foot
• Two or more toms, played with sticks or brushes
• A hi-hat, played with the sticks, opened and closed with left foot pedal
• One or more cymbals, played with the sticks