Drum Kit
| The Drum Kit |
 |
| 1 Bass drum | 2 Floor tom | 3 Snare |
4 Toms | 5 Hi-hat | 6 Crash cymbal and Ride cymbal |
| Other components |
| China cymbal | Cowbell | Sizzle cymbal | Splash cymbal | Swish cymbal| Tambourine | Wood block | |
A drum kit (or drum set or trap set – the latter an old-fashioned term) is mostly a collection of drums, cymbals and sometimes other percussion instruments arranged for convenient playing by a drummer, usually for jazz, rock, or other types of contemporary music.
History
Early drum kits were known as trap kits (short for contraption) and are one of the most contemporary members of the membranophone family. They are usually consisted of a bass drum, a snare drum on a stand, a small cymbal and other small percussion instruments mounted on the bass drum or a small table, all played with drum sticks or brushes except for the bass drum. The bass drum was sometimes kicked to produce a sound, and is occasionally still called a kick drum, though bass drums are now nearly always pedal-operated, and sometimes even played with two pedals to allow for greater speed. Trap set survives in the term trap case still given to a case used to transport stands, pedals, sticks, and miscellaneous percussion instruments.
The hi-hat started out life in Dixieland drumming and was called a “snowshoe cymbal beater”, and was operated in a similar way as it is today. At the same time another drum company was developing a similar product called a “low boy”, at a lower position compared with a modern hihat. This then developed into the hihat as we know it today, with the introduction of many different branded products from companies (such as Drum Workshop and Pacific Drums and Percussion).