Drum stick woods
Hickory: is the most popular wood used for making drumsticks. Hickory is denser, heavier and more rigid than maple. Hickory can also absorb a great amount of shock, which reduces hand and wrist fatigue. Dark, or “brown hickory”, is found closer to the trees centre and is slightly denser and heavier than “white hickory”. About 85% of all wooden drumsticks are made of hickory.
Maple: is a much lighter and less dense wood than hickory. Maple can provide the feel of a big stick without the extra weight of a hickory stick. Maple sticks are primarily used for light, fast playing in low volume situations. About 14% of all wooden drumsticks are made of maple.
Oak: is the biggest, heaviest wood. It sounds very bright on the cymbals, and is very heavy and very un-flexible. It is a very durable stick. Just a few wooden drumsticks are made of oak.
Friday, May 15, 2009
Friday, May 1, 2009
Drum woods
most drum kits are made from wood. these woods are taken from all over the world. We’ve all heard terms like basswood, luaan, maple, birch, beech, falkata, Philippine mahogany, African mahogany, etc. Most of us can relate to common woods like maple, birch, beech, and we even have an idea of what “color” mahogany is. But do we really understand why these are used? We (drummers) really don’t put the role of the wood in
perspective.
Sound is subjective. The marketing concept used by manufacturers, coupled with finish and function leads all of us to believe that more expensive is better. In reality the manufacture puts together a package designed to being a drum to market at a price point. This is good for us with no money!!!
http://home.earthlink.net/~prof.sound/id14.html
most drum kits are made from wood. these woods are taken from all over the world. We’ve all heard terms like basswood, luaan, maple, birch, beech, falkata, Philippine mahogany, African mahogany, etc. Most of us can relate to common woods like maple, birch, beech, and we even have an idea of what “color” mahogany is. But do we really understand why these are used? We (drummers) really don’t put the role of the wood in
perspective.Sound is subjective. The marketing concept used by manufacturers, coupled with finish and function leads all of us to believe that more expensive is better. In reality the manufacture puts together a package designed to being a drum to market at a price point. This is good for us with no money!!!
http://home.earthlink.net/~prof.sound/id14.html
Thursday, April 30, 2009
Old school druuming
Unlike other musical instruments, which came into being as the result of the work of one individual or several individuals, the drum has been in existence since the time of earliest man.Different kinds of drums have been used all over the world by the most primitive men, many of them races that long ago disappeared from the earth.It is likely that the drum was first used as a means of calling together the scattered members of a tribe. It was a kind of war signal. In time, the drum became part of the music that primitive peoples used in their battles with "evil spirits".
Unlike other musical instruments, which came into being as the result of the work of one individual or several individuals, the drum has been in existence since the time of earliest man.Different kinds of drums have been used all over the world by the most primitive men, many of them races that long ago disappeared from the earth.It is likely that the drum was first used as a means of calling together the scattered members of a tribe. It was a kind of war signal. In time, the drum became part of the music that primitive peoples used in their battles with "evil spirits".
Friday, April 24, 2009
Intro
This is my Blog on drumming and drums!
some of my favourite drummers are
mike portnoy
randy van patten
joey jordison
some of my favourite drummers are
mike portnoy
randy van patten
joey jordison
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