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Drum set

LC control no.sh 96008240
LC classificationML1035 History
MT662 Instruction
Topical headingDrum set
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Variant(s)Drum kit
Drumset
Trap kit
Trap set
Traps (Drum set)
See alsoPercussion instruments
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Found inNew Harvard dict. of mus.: Drum set (collection of percussion instruments played by a single player; characteristic of jazz, rock, and other forms of American popular music; typically includes pedal-operated bass drum, snare drum, two or more tom-toms, cymbals, normally including hi-hat.)
New Grove mus. inst. (drum set (drum kit, trap set); the term used for the basic equipment of the jazz drummer, and hence the related dance band and rock drummers; organized around a nucleus consisting of bass drum, snare drum, and suspended cymbal, with ancillary instruments being added according to the taste of the drummer and the style of music)
New Grove dict. of jazz (evolved during the last two decades of the 19th century)
LC database, July 29, 1996 (drum set, drumset)