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A pitched drum used mostly for fills.
1 · Hear it
Listen twice: once alone, once with the band. The second one is how you'll actually hear it in songs.
2 · What it actually is
A drum with no snare wires, so it rings with an actual pitch that bends downward.
Its job
Fills the gap between sections and signals a change is coming.
Listen for
A boomy hit that slides down in pitch as it fades.
You've heard it in: Drum fills before a chorus; tribal-sounding intros.
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