Drum



The  is a member of the percussion group of musical instruments. In the classification system, it is a membranophone.

Quotes

 * I visit it by day, I visit it at nightfall. I always stand by the lamentation drum!
 * Sumerian proverb, Collection I at,.


 * I really think that the drums are as poetic and romantic as any instrument.
 * Tony Williams, as quoted in "Tony Williams" by Rick Mattingly,  (June 1984), p. 10


 * It's not like I don't know I'm playing loud. I mean, that's drumming. If you want polite, go listen to the MJQ. If you want soft, listen to . See, that's part of the ethic and whole world of drumming: drums are meant to be loud. It's like telling a piccolo player, "Don't play high" or telling a trumpet player, "Don't be so brassy" or telling a bass player, "Don't play so low." Volume, physicality, and aggressiveness are part of what drumming is all about.
 * Tony Williams, as quoted in "Tony Williams: A Master's Perspective" by Bill Milkowski, Modern Drummer (July 1992), p. 75