page_title: Drum kit
section_title: Extended kits
hierarchical_section_title: Drum kit / Common configurations / Extended kits
caption_attribution_description: English: Terry Bozzio's Drum Kit, Out Trio Japanese tour 2007 at Jan 27 in STB 139, Tokyo
context_page_description: A drum kit — also called a drum set, trap set, or simply drums — is a collection of drums and other percussion instruments, typically cymbals, which are 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 and idiophones – most significantly cymbals, but can also include the woodblock and cowbell. In the 2000s, some kits also include electronic instruments. Also, both hybrid and entirely electronic kits are used.
  A standard modern kit, 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
  A bass drum, played by a pedal operated by the right foot, which moves a felt-covered beater
  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, mounted on stands, played with the sticks
context_section_description: Common extensions beyond these standard configurations include:
  Effects cymbals, particularly splash cymbals and china cymbals
  Double bass drums. Double bass drums or a double bass pedal are standard for some genres, particularly in heavy metal music
  Extra hanging or rack toms
  Extra crash cymbals
  A crash/ride cymbal in addition to the main ride
  A second, larger or smaller floor tom
  One or more octobans or a pair of timbales
  A second pair of hi-hats mounted as cable hats or x-hats
  Cymbal stacks
  Different types of gongs
  Multiple ride cymbals. A sizzle cymbal, thinner and larger than the main ride, was once common as a second ride or crash/ride, even in a four-piece kit, but is now less so (jazz drummers, however, may still have two or more ride cymbals, even in a small kit)
  Additional electronic sound module or sequencer.
  See also other acoustic instruments above. Another versatile extension becoming increasingly common is the use of some electronic drums in a mainly conventional kit.
  Less common extensions found particularly, but not exclusive to very large kits, include:
  Multiple snare drums, usually in the form of side snares. A side snare is usually positioned to the left of the drummer (opposite the floor toms and to the left of the hi hat). Side snares are used similarly to effects cymbals, when an additional and different sound is required. Generally only one side snare is used on a kit, if any at all.
  Multiple bass drums beyond the double bass drum setup
  Gong drums (single headed bass drums, played with sticks or mallets)
  Sets of gongs, tuned or untuned
  Sound effects such as a thunder sheet
  One or more crotales
  Instruments "borrowed" from orchestral percussion, such as timpani
  Instruments "borrowed" from marching band percussion, such as the tuned bass drums used in the drumline
caption: A very large kit played by Terry Bozzio
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