bass drum

NOUN
  1. a large drum with two heads; makes a sound of indefinite but very low pitch

How To Use bass drum In A Sentence

  • Their instruments include a full drum set, surdo, or Brazilian bass drum, conga drums, bells and ganzas or shakers.
  • Not mentioned were the brand-name flags, the banners, the T-shirts, or even the tiny balaclava-wearing sashed doll, sitting atop one unionist bandsman's bass drum.
  • A typical cumbia is performed with a male singer (usually a high baritone or tenor) backed by a male chorus, drums (primarily kettledrum and bass drum), electric guitar and bass, and either a brass section or an accordion.
  • Sometimes the tape threatens to break up under the accumulated weight of Masuko's bass drum and the low throb of Fujii's synth.
  • A trombone blatted -- there was the staccato tuck of a snare drum, and the boom of a bass drum came in with isochronal beats. When Egypt Went Broke
  • On the second day in the studio he put the pedal through the bass drum. Times, Sunday Times
  • We think they make as much noise as my old bass drum. Times, Sunday Times
  • Sure, it had a fine array of percussion - timpani, snare drum, bass drum, gong, glockenspiel - but they were just there for effect.
  • It sounded like a bass drum when she hit the ground. The Sun
  • I then used it to record additional percussion, including tambourine, djembe, shaker and bass drum.
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