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I WOULD LIKE TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE HISTORY OF DRUMS, IF YOU DON'T NOTICE SOME OF THE INFORMATION MIGHT NOT BE FACTUAL. FIRST OF ALL IN THE YEAR 20, THERE WAS A MAN NAMED BEATA DRUM. HE WASN'T THE KIND OF PERSON THAT YOU WOULD CALL LIKED. HE WAS TEASED A LOT. HE NATURALLY DIDN'T LIKE IT WHEN PEOPLE DID THIS. SO HE MADE HIS FIRST INVENTION, THE "DRUM STICK". LET ME ADD FOR THE SAKE OF HISTORY BEATA WASN'T A VIOLENT MAN. JUST FOR THAT FACT HE DIDN'T HAVE A USE FOR THIS "DRUM STICK" SO HE INVENTED THE "DRUM". JUST SO YOU KNOW A DRUM WITH OUT THE SNARE UNDERNEATH IS CALLED A "TOM". HE NAME THAT TOO. HE NAMED IT THAT BECAUSE HIS WORST ENEMY WAS NAMED TOM. ALSO HE CALLED THE TOP OF THE "TOM DRUM" THE "HEAD". HE HAD A GOOD REASON FOR ALL OF THIS. IT WOULD HELP HIM VENT HIS ANGER. ALL HE WOULD HAVE TO DO IS BEAT "TOM" ON THE "HEAD" WITH HIS "DRUM STICKS". IF YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN. THAT IS NOT THE END. HE WENT ON TO DEVELOP MORE PIECES FOR THE "DRUM SET". HIS NEXT THING HE MADE WAS CALLED THE "BASS DRUM". HE MADE THIS SO HE COULD STOMP. HE INVENTED THE PEDAL TOO. THAT IS BASICALLY THE END OF HIS STORY. NOW WE MOVE ON TO THE CYMBALS. THEY WERE INVENTED BY IMA CYMBAL. SHE WAS A FAMOUS FRENCH TEACHER IN THE 17TH CENTURY. SHE MADE THEM BECAUSE SHE WANTED A CHANGE. SO...... SHE MADE THEM. THATS ABOUT IT........ I THINK

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