Drum

thumb|I visit it by day, I visit it at nightfall. I always stand by the lamentation drum! ~ Sumerian proverb The drum is a member of the percussion group of musical instruments. In the Hornbostel-Sachs classification system, it is a membranophone. Quotes I visit it by day, I visit it at nightfall. I always stand by the lamentation drum! Sumerian proverb, Collection I at The Electronic Text Corpus of Sumerian Literature, 3rd millennium BCE. I really think that the drums are as poetic and romantic as any instrument. Tony Williams, as quoted in "Tony Williams" by Rick Mattingly, Modern Drummer (June 1984), p. 10 It's not like I don't know I'm playing loud. I mean, that's drumming. If you want polite, go listen to the MJQ. If you want soft, listen to Sérgio Mendes. See, that's part of the ethic and whole world of drumming: drums are meant to be loud. It's like telling a piccolo player, "Don't play high" or telling a trumpet player, "Don't be so brassy" or telling a bass player, "Don't play so low." Volume, physicality, and aggressiveness are part of what drumming is all about. Tony Williams, as quoted in "Tony Williams: A Master's Perspective" by Bill Milkowski, Modern Drummer (July 1992), p. 75 External links Drums drum Learn to Play Drums Category:Drums "Drum" . Encyclopædia Britannica. 8 (11th ed.). 1911. Arts/Music/Instruments/Percussion/Drums Drum resources Category:Musical instruments