The Bass Drums are large drums beat with soft mallets. They provide the deep background beat that is so familiar in the music of military and other marching bands.
The Bass Drums are large drums beat with soft mallets. They provide the deep background beat that is so familiar in the music of military and other marching bands.
Like a tamborine, a bass drum is a frame drum. There is a "skin"--usually from a synthetic material--on each side of the drum and the drummer pounds out the rhythm by hitting one side first and then the other.