She wasn't a music major like Jim, but I got the impression that she loved drumming just as much. Common examples are the tambourine, triangle, and castanets. In marching band it is harnessed with the shell parallel to the ground so that both heads can be struck with mallets. Drumline Horror Stories , a series of fictional writings by yours truly. One drummer will start playing a certain exercise, and soon all the drum line surrounds the zemm-zemm, playing the exercise as loud and fast as possible.
Tonal basses play at different times so that a tonal melody is produced.
As Typical a Practice as it Gets For my research, I was permitted to observe one of the concert band practices. This is how it went. All of the drummers are rushing around on the far side of the band room. Unlike the winds who only have to worry about unpacking a horn and grabbing a chair, the percussion section must have several instruments set up for each player. Gina pushes a black pen behind her barrette and lays out the stands for the concert bells.