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The big drum has a frequency response with deep fundamental frequency (some 50 Hz) and with a little of 5 kHz basic form at its maximum pressure. Their sound is in many styles of music as basic structure of the rhythm.

The bass drum recorded is a percussion instrument for the production of deep sounds used and in differing versions. It was the 18th century on the turkish Janitscharenmusik to Europe.

In brass-bands and marching bands, the big drum carry with shoulder belt before the breast. For spare of weight are large drums for marching bands mostly specially from thin wood.

The drum body are in various construction manufactured, thin drum body with rings (up to the 1970s usual) or from 6 to 10-fold cross glue wood. Often take place maple or birch use, but also other types of wood, for the production of bass drums. In the 1960s goods such as beech tree is widespread and at upper class drum was sometimes even tropical timber used (example: Sonor Signature).

Previously, the big drums stretch over nature animal skin. When they are wet they totally disappeared. Since 25 years there is specially developed plastic.
The skins are nowadays almost exclusively from double layer plastic. The resonance skin often has a hole, what a microphone perception in the interior of the drum body allowed. But this one takes considerable loss of pressure and hence resonance in purchase, which leads that the drum far less concise and crisp sounds. Especially in the 1970s was fairly widespread playing without resonance skin.
A big drum take the place of the bass and should be as low as possible sound. On the choice of Stick is crucial. It must be considered for the game in a severe are free. In the indoors rather a soft stick.