| A drum kit (or drum set or trap set) is mostly a collection of drums, cymbals and sometimes other percussion instruments arranged for convenient playing by a drummer. | |
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At a minimum a kit usually contains:
bass drum sitting on the floor and played with a pedal snare drum on a stand, one tom-tom, mounted on top of the bass drum, and a floor tom, on the floor hi-hat (sometimes known as a 'sock' cymbal) comprising two small cymbals played by means of pedal usually with the left foot for a right handed player. crash cymbal
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| The drummer uses drum sticks to strike the drum head or drum rim, and brushes for silky swish sounds on the drum head and the delicate "ting" sound on cymbals. | |