Drumming Terms | |
Bart Elliott shares standard musical and drumming terms, words, phrases and expressions. | |
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| Term | Definition |
| Back-beat | The weak pulse in the measure, namely beats 2 and 4 when playing in Common Time or 4/4 time signature. The term is often used to describe when the drummer plays the Snare drum in a basic dance rhythm. The strong pulse would be on beats 1 and 3. |
| Batter Head | Referencing to the drumhead that is actually played. On a Snare Drum or Tom-Tom, this would mean that top head, which is struck. On a Kick Drum or Bass Drum it's the drumhead in which the pedal beater strikes. If a single drum has two drumheads, one parallel to the batter head, this is typically referred to as the resonant head. |
| Buzz Roll | Another name for Multiple Bounce Roll, but often times played in a more closed fashion so that the sound is like ripping paper. |
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