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Simple rhythm on a drum kit

An introduction to the components of a drum kit. The kit consists of a bass drum, snare, hi-tom, floor-tom, ride cymbal, hi-hat and crash cymbal. Each piece of the kit is introduced and played in turn. A simple rhythm is built up by hitting the bass drum on the first beat and the snare drum on every third of the four beats. In addition there is a brief history of the modern day drum kit and an explanation about how the snare drum works.

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